{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s8952","title_num":"5","num":"§ 8952.","heading":"Availability of dental benefits","status":null,"guid":"id141cc3cd-529a-11e7-b493-f42ee455f197","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 108–496, § 2, Dec. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 4002.)","seq_in_title":988,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t5/ptIII/sptG/ch89A","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5","level":"title","num":"Title 5—","heading":"GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/ptIII","level":"part","num":"PART III—","heading":"EMPLOYEES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/ptIII/sptG","level":"subpart","num":"Subpart G—","heading":"Insurance and Annuities","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/ptIII/sptG/ch89A","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 89A—","heading":"ENHANCED DENTAL BENEFITS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"ida37f2fd1-c0af-11e6-bb1b-dd768f7348e8\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t5/s8952\"><num value=\"8952\">§ 8952.</num><heading> Availability of dental benefits</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"ida37f2fd2-c0af-11e6-bb1b-dd768f7348e8\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t5/s8952/a\"><num value=\"a\">(a)</num><content> The Office shall establish and administer a program through which an eligible individual may obtain dental coverage to supplement coverage available through chapter 89.</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"ida37f2fd3-c0af-11e6-bb1b-dd768f7348e8\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t5/s8952/b\"><num value=\"b\">(b)</num><content> The Office shall determine, in the exercise of its reasonable discretion, the financial requirements for qualified companies to participate in the program.</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"ida37f2fd4-c0af-11e6-bb1b-dd768f7348e8\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t5/s8952/c\"><num value=\"c\">(c)</num><content> Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the availability of dental benefits provided by health benefits plans under chapter 89.</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"ida37f2fd5-c0af-11e6-bb1b-dd768f7348e8\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/108/496\">Pub. L. 108–496</ref>, § 2, <date date=\"2004-12-23\">Dec. 23, 2004</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/118/4002\">118 Stat. 4002</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"ida37f2fd6-c0af-11e6-bb1b-dd768f7348e8\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"ida37f2fd7-c0af-11e6-bb1b-dd768f7348e8\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective <date date=\"2004-12-23\">Dec. 23, 2004</date>, and applicable to contracts that take effect with respect to the calendar year 2006, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/108/496/s7\">section 7 of Pub. L. 108–496</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t5/s8951\">section 8951 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"115-40","currency_date":"2017-06-14","congress":115,"law_num":40,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":102,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["05"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"115-40","currency_date":"2017-06-14","congress":115,"law_num":40,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":102,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["05"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"114-253","currency_date":"2016-12-08","congress":114,"law_num":253,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":83,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["05","12","15","50"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}