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

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1999

   Pub. L. 106–65 div. A title VII § 715(a)(1) · 113 Stat. 512

   Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 1095e

   Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VII, § 715(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 690

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VII, § 715(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 690

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1095d (as added by section 714) the following new section: “(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; and “(B) 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).”.

2. 2003

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004

   Pub. L. 108–136 div. A title VII § 707 · 117 Stat. 1392

   1. Added · 10 U.S.C. § 1095e(a)(1)

      Pub. L. 108–136 added subpar. (B)

   2. Redesignated · 10 U.S.C. § 1095e(a)(1)

      Pub. L. 108–136 redesignated former subpar. (B) as (C)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 108–136 added subpar. (B) and redesignated former subpar. (B) as (C).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 707. TRICARE BENEFICIARY COUNSELING AND ASSISTANCE COORDINATORS FOR RESERVE COMPONENT BENEFICIARIES.   Section 1095e(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (A); (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph (B): “(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” .

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