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10 U.S.C. § 1095e — TRICARE program: beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators

submitted 27 years ago by Pub. L. 106-65 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 172 words · no verdicts yet

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Each TRICARE region and military treatment facility must have designated TRICARE beneficiary-assistance coordinators, including one dedicated to reserve-component beneficiaries.

(a) The Secretary of Defense must require by regulation that each TRICARE lead agent designate: (1) a full-time beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinator; (2) at least one other full-time coordinator in each TRICARE region solely for reserve-component members and their dependent beneficiaries; and (3) toll-free telephone communication between those beneficiaries and the coordinator. The commander of each military medical treatment facility must designate a coordinator, as a primary or collateral duty, for TRICARE beneficiaries served there. (b) The Secretary must set the coordinators’ duties by regulation.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a)Establishment of Positions.—

The Secretary of Defense shall require in regulations that—

(1)

each lead agent under the TRICARE program—

(A)

designate a person to serve full-time as a beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinator for beneficiaries under the TRICARE program;

(B)

designate for each of the TRICARE program regions at least one person (other than a person designated under subparagraph (A)) to serve full-time as a beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinator solely for members of the reserve components and their dependents who are beneficiaries under the TRICARE program; and

(C)

provide for toll-free telephone communication between such beneficiaries and the beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinator; and

(2)

the commander of each military medical treatment facility under this chapter designate a person to serve, as a primary or collateral duty, as beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinator for beneficiaries under the TRICARE program served at that facility.

(b)Duties.—

The Secretary shall prescribe the duties of the position of beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinator in the regulations required by subsection (a).

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VII, § 715(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 690; amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title VII, § 707, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1529.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1999Enacted · Pub. L. 106-65 · 113 Stat. 690
  • 2003Amended · Pub. L. 108-136 · 117 Stat. 1529

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 106-65 on 1999-10-05.

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