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CHCBP Policy |
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A. Eligibility |
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Enrollment in the CHCBP is open to the following individuals regardless of their place of residence (e.g., overseas or in the United States):
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1. Members of the uniformed services who: |
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Are discharged or released from active duty (or full-time National Guard duty), whether voluntarily or involuntarily, under other than adverse conditions; |
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Immediately preceding that discharge or release, were entitled to medical and dental care under a military health care plan—including transitional health care under the Transitional Assistance Management Program (TAMP). |
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After that discharge or release and any period of transitional health care provided under TAMP would not otherwise be eligible for any benefit under TRICARE; |
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2. A person who: |
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Ceases to meet requirements for being considered an unmarried dependent child of a member or former member of the uniformed services. |
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On the day before ceasing to meet those requirements, was covered under TRICARE or TAMP as a dependent of the member or former member; and |
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Would not otherwise be eligible for any benefits under TRICARE. |
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3. A person who: |
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Is an unremarried former spouse of a member or former member of the uniformed services (for purposes of this program, there is no time requirement regarding the length of time the former spouse was married to the member or former member); |
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On the day before the date of the final decree of divorce, dissolution, or annulment was covered under a health plan under TRICARE or TAMP as a dependent of the member or former member; and |
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Is not eligible for TRICARE as a former spouse of a member or former member. |
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4. An unmarried person who: |
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Is placed in the legal custody of a member or former member as a result of a court order or by an adoption agency recognized by the Secretary of Defense; and |
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Meets A.4.b (1), (2) or (3) below: |
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Has not attained the age of 21; |
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Has not attained the age of 23 and is enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher learning; or |
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Is incapable of self-support because of mental or physical incapacity. This incapacity must have occurred while the person was considered a dependent of the member or former member under A.4.b.(1) or (2) above; and |
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Is the dependent of the member or former member for over half of the person’s support; and |
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Resides with the member or former member unless separated by the necessity of military service or to receive institutional care as a result of disability or incapacitation; and |
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Is no longer a dependent of a member or former member under any other subparagraph. |
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Last Reviewed: May 14, 2007
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