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Enclosure
(12)
to
COMDTINST
1900.2A
TRICARE
TRANSITIONAL
HEALTH
CARE
DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT
(THCDP)
The 2002
NDAA
contained language which extended the
transitional health care program for involuntarily
separated active duty members. It also added mobilized
reserves as beneficiaries. However it unintentionally
eliminated the coverage of an affected member's dependents.
The
THCDP
establishes dependent eligibility.
The Transitional Health Care Program provides involuntarily
separated active duty
members
and reservists mobilized for
contingency operations
for a period greater than 30 days,
60 days of continued Tricare Health Care coverage if the
member
had less than six years of active duty service or
120 days if they had six or more years of active service.
Dependents of the above
members
that were eligible for
Tricare when the
member
was involuntarily separated or
demobilized and maintain their dependent status have the
same
transitional Tricare benefit effective January 1,
2002. This is a two-year demonstration project.
Members
of the reserves who were called up in support of
contingency operations
for greater than 30 days and that
were released before January 1, 2002, and their eligible
dependents had up to 30 days of continued Tricare
eligibility.
Members
may
also
become
eligible for the Continued Health
Care Benefit Program
(CHCBP)
once their transitional health
care benefit period ends. Information on the
CHCBP
is
contained on the Tricare
web
WWW.TRICARE.OSD.MIL
in the
center drop
down
panel.
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