# TRICARE Program; Eligibility and Payment Procedures for CHAMPUS Beneficiaries Age 65 and Over
> **US Department of Defense** · Final rule; correction. · Published 2003-05-30 · Effective 2001-10-01 · 68 FR 32361
## Document
- **Document number:** 03-13397
- **Category:** personnel
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Defense
- **Federal Register citation:** 68 FR 32361
- **CFR reference:** 32 CFR 199
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/05/30/03-13397/tricare-program-eligibility-and-payment-procedures-for-champus-beneficiaries-age-65-and-over)
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