CHCBP Eligibility For MEMBERS*
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Category
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No Longer Entitled
Or Eligible For
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Eligibility
For
CHCBP Coverage
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Election Of Coverage
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Active Duty
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TRICARE coverage under
10 USC § 1074(a)
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Up to 18 months:
10
USC § 1078a(g)(1)(A).
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Latter of 60
days from:
• Date of discharge
from active duty or
• Date of notification of CHCBP eligibility
from the Uniformed Services.
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Full-time National
Guard (NG)
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Health care
benefits due to separation from full-time NG status
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Up to 18 months:
10
USC § 1078a(g)(1)(A).
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Latter of 60
days from:
• Date of discharge
from full-time NG or
• Date of notification of CHCBP eligibility
from the Uniformed Services.
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Member eligible
for Transitional Assistance Management Program (TAMP)
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TRICARE coverage under
TAMP: 10 USC § 1145(a)
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Up to 18 months:
10
USC § 1078a(g)(1)(A).
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Latter of 60
days from:
• Date eligibility
for TAMP ends or
• Date of notification of CHCBP eligibility
from the Uniformed Services.
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Selected Reserve
(SelRes) member enrolled in TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS)
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TRS coverage
under 10 USC § 1076d
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Up to 18 months:
10
USC § 1078a(b)(4).
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Latter of 60
days from:
• Date eligibility
for TRS ends or
• Date of notification of CHCBP eligibility
from the Uniformed Services.
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Retired Reserve
member enrolled in TRICARE Retired Reserve (TRR)
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TRR coverage
under 10 USC § 1076e
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Up to 18 months:
10
USC § 1078a(b)(4).
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Latter of 60
days from:
• Date eligibility
for TRR ends or
• Date of notification of CHCBP eligibility
from the Uniformed Services.
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SelRes member
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Other specific
statutory authority under 10 USC Chapter 55 pertaining to a SelRes
member.
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Up to 18 months.
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Latter of 60
days from:
• Date eligibility
for 10 USC Chapter 55 ends or
• Date of notification of CHCBP eligibility
from the Uniformed Services.
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CHCBP Eligibility For Former DEPENDENTS
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Category
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No Longer Entitled
Or Eligible For
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Eligibility
For
CHCBP Coverage
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Election Of Coverage
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Dependent Spouse
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TRICARE coverage under
10 USC Chapter 55 or 10 USC § 1145a.
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Up to 36 months:
10
USC § 1072(b)4.
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Latter of 60
days from:
• Date eligibility
as a dependent spouse per 10 USC § 1072(A) ends or
• Date of notification of CHCBP eligibility
from the Uniformed Services.
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Dependent Child
• Child who marries: 10 USC § 1072(6).
• Child under age 21 (under age 23 if enrolled
in a full-time course of study at an approved institution of higher
learning and dependent on the Uniformed Service sponsor for more
than half of their financial support), or incapable of support:
10 USC § 1072(2)(D).
• Legal ward under age 21, (under age 23
if enrolled in a full-time course of study at an approved institution
of higher learning and dependent on the Uniformed Service sponsor
for more than half of their financial support), or incapable of support:
10 USC § 1072(2)(I).
• Child over age 21 (over age 23 if enrolled
in a full-time course of study at an approved institution of higher
learning and dependent on the Uniformed Service sponsor for more
than half of their financial support) after TRICARE Young Adult
(TYA) coverage ends: 10 USC § 1110b.
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TRICARE coverage under
10 USC Chapter 55 or 10 USC § 1145(a).
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Up to 36 months:
10
USC 1078a(g)(1)(B).
Note: There are no financial responsibility requirements
for CHCBP.
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Latter of 60
days from:
• Date eligibility
as a dependent child per 10 USC § 1072(2)(D), 10 USC § 1072(I),
or 10 USC § 1110b ends or
• Date of notification of CHCBP eligibility
from the Uniformed Services.
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CHCBP Eligibility For UNREMARRIED FORMER
SPOUSES (URFSs)
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Category
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No Longer Entitled
Or Eligible For
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Eligibility
For
CHCBP Coverage
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Election Of Coverage
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URFS of member
or former member who on the day before the date of the final divorce decree,
dissolution, or annulment, was covered by 10 USC Chapter 55 or 10
USC § 1145(a)
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TRICARE coverage under
10 USC Chapter 55 or 10 USC § 1145(a).
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Up to 36 months:
10
USC § 1078a(g)(3); starts after one year of additional TRICARE coverage
if eligible per 10 USC § 1072(2)(H).
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Latter of 60
days from:
• Date eligibility
as a URFS per 10 USC § 1072(2) ends or
• Date of notification of CHCBP eligibility
from the Uniformed Services.
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URFS of a member
or former member (other than the former spouse whose marriage was dissolved
after the separation of the member from the service unless such
separation was by retirement) if former spouse:
• Has not remarried before age of 55; and
• Eligible for TRICARE or enrolled in CHCBP
during 18 month period before date of divorce, dissolution, or annulment;
and
• Receiving a
portion of retired or retainer pay of member or former member or
an annuity based on the retainer pay of the member; or
• Has court order for payment of any portion
of the retired or retainer pay or has a written agreement (voluntary
or pursuant to a court order) which provides for an election by
the member or former member to provide an annuity to the former
spouse.
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TRICARE coverage under
10 USC Chapter 55 or 10 USC § 1145(a).
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Unlimited per
10 USC § 1078a(g)(4).
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Latter of 60
days from:
• Date eligibility
as a URFS per 10 USC § 1072(2) ends or
• Date of notification of CHCBP eligibility
from the Uniformed Services.
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