§ 1095e. TRICARE program: beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators

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(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).

(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.)

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Public Law 106–65
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes

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Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VII, § 715(a)(1)
113 Stat. 690
Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title VII, § 707
117 Stat. 1529
Pub. L. 108–136
Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VII, § 715(b)

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§ 1095e

TRICARE program: beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators

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Pub. L.Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VII, § 715(a)(1)

Stat.113 Stat. 690

Pub. L.Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title VII, § 707

Stat.117 Stat. 1529

Pub. L.Pub. L. 108–136

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