To require that the Office of Personnel Management study current practices under which dental, vision, and hearing benefits are made available to Federal employees, annuitants, and other classes of individuals, and to require that the Office also present options and recommendations relating to how additional dental, vision, and hearing benefits could be made so available.

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Requires the Office of Personnel Management to submit to Congress a report describing and evaluating options to offer dental and vision benefits to Federal employees and retirees, their families, and other appropriate classes of individuals, including: (1) a description of the special benefits that could be offered; (2) a description of the classes of individuals who should be made eligible for such benefits; (3) a description and assessment of the various contracting arrangements available to the Government; (4) the estimated cost of such benefits; (5) a statement as to how such benefits might be offered through the Federal Employees Health Benefits program or another program or combination of programs; (6) recommendations from the Office as to its preferred method for providing such benefits; and (7) any legislation or other measures the Office considers necessary in order to implement any of the foregoing.

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• Referred in Senate (text)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 22 June 2004

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 21 June 2004

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 17 June 2004

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  Introduced in House · EN · 30 January 2004

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