Eligibility And Enrollment
Chapter 10
Section 1.1
Eligibility
Requirements For TRICARE Beneficiaries
Issue Date: September 9, 1993
Revision: C-91, November 19, 2021
1.0 POLICY
1.1 The
Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) will show
individuals who are determined by the applicable
Uniformed Service as meeting the TRICARE eligibility requirements under
32 CFR 199.3 as
eligible
. The DEERS record will indicate
the dates of eligibility
for TRICARE.
See paragraph 2.0 for
exceptions.
1.2 Same-sex
spouses and their family members of Uniformed Service members are
eligible for TRICARE. The effective date of coverage is June 26,
2013, or the date of eligibility as reflected in DEERS, whichever
is later.
2.0 ExceptionWhen
the newborn or adoptee child of an eligible Uniformed Service sponsor
is not registered in DEERS, the contractor shall consider them eligible
for TRICARE if the newborn’s date of birth, or the adoptee’s date
of adoption, is within 90 days (120 days if overseas) of the contractor’s
eligibility query. See Section 3.1.
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