TRICARE Program; Eligibility and Payment Procedures for CHAMPUS Beneficiaries Age 65 and Over
personnel · US Department of Defense · Rule · Published 2003-05-30 · Effective 2001-10-01 · 68 FR 32361
Document
Document number
03-13397
Federal Register citation
68 FR 32361
CFR reference
32 CFR 199
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; correction.
Category
personnel
Sub-agency
US Department of Defense
Publication date
2003-05-30
Effective date
2001-10-01
Abstract
This final rule is republished to correct errors originally published. It is to implement section 712 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001. Section 712 extends TRICARE eligibility to persons age 65 and over who would otherwise have lost their TRICARE eligibility due to attainment of entitlement to hospital insurance benefits under Part A of Medicare. This benefit, which has been named TRICARE for Life (TFL), was implemented on October 1, 2001, under an interim final rule published in the Federal Register on August 3, 2001.