# TRICARE Program; Double Coverage; Third-Party Recoveries
> **US Department of Defense** · Final rule. · Published 2003-02-10 · Effective 2003-03-12 · 68 FR 6617
## Document
- **Document number:** 03-3159
- **Category:** personnel
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Defense
- **Federal Register citation:** 68 FR 6617
- **CFR reference:** 32 CFR 199
- **Publication date:** 2003-02-10
- **Effective date:** 2003-03-12
## Abstract

This final rule implements section 711 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, as amended by section 716(c)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, which allows the Secretary of Defense to authorize certain TRICARE claims to be paid, even though other health insurance may be primary payer, with authority to collect from the other health insurance (third-party payer) the TRICARE costs incurred on behalf of the beneficiary.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/02/10/03-3159/tricare-program-double-coverage-third-party-recoveries)
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