Who is Eligible? For How Long?
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There are four classifications of persons eligible to enroll in CHCBP:
- Former active duty service members and their eligible family members.
Who are released or discharged from active duty under other than adverse conditions
Who were entitled to medical care under a military health plan
Who are not eligible for any benefits under TRICARE or Transitional Assistance Management Program (TAMP)
Note: Eligibility in CHCBP begins after TAMP expires.
Coverage for former active duty service members and their eligible family members under CHCBP is limited to 18 months.
- Unremarried former spouses
Who, on the day before the date of the final decree of divorce, dissolution, or annulment, were covered under TRICARE or TAMP as dependents of a member or former member
Who are not eligible for TRICARE as a former spouse of a member or former member of the uniformed services
Coverage for unremarried former spouses under CHCBP is limited to 36 months.
- Emancipated children
Who cease to meet requirements for being considered an unmarried dependent child of a member or former member of the uniformed services
Who, on the day before ceasing to meet those requirements, were covered under TRICARE or TAMP as dependents of a member or former member of the uniformed services
Who would not otherwise be eligible for any benefits under TRICARE
Coverage for emancipated children under CHCBP is limited to 36 months.
- Unmarried children by adoption or legal custody
Who meet the requirements set forth in CHCBP Policy
Coverage for unmarried children by adoption or legal custody under CHCBP is limited to 36 months.
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