[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 58 (Monday, March 26, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 16400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6999]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

32 CFR Part 199

RIN 0720-AA62


Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services 
(CHAMPUS); TRICARE; Partial Implementation of Pharmacy Benefits 
Program; Implementation of National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2001

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Interim final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On Friday, February 9, 2001 (66 FR 9651), the Department of 
Defense published an interim final rule on Partial Implementation of 
Pharmacy Benefits Program; Implementation of National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001. This document is published to 
make administrative corrections to the rule.

DATES: This rule is effective April 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tariq Shahid, 303-676-3801.

List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 199

    Claims, Dental health, Health care, Health insurance, Individuals 
with disabilities, Military personnel.

    Accordingly, 32 CFR part 199 is amended as follows:
    1. The authority citation continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 10 U.S.C. chapter 55
    2. Section 199.3 is amended by redesignating paragraphs (b)(4) and 
(b)(5) as (b)(3) and (b)(4).

    3. Section 199.18(d)(1) is amended by revising the phrase ``on or 
before'' to read ``on or after''

    4. Section 199.13 amended by revising paragraph (c)(3)(ii)(E)(2) to 
read as follows:


Sec. 199.13  TRICARE Dental Program.

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    (c) * * *
    (3) * * *
    (ii) * * *
    (E) * * *
    (2) Continuation of eligibility for dependents of service members 
who die while on active duty or while a member of the Selected Reserve 
or Individual Ready Reserve. Eligible dependents of active duty members 
while on active duty for a period of thirty-one (31) days or more and 
eligible dependents of Selected Reserve or Individual Ready Reserve 
members, as specified in 10 U.S.C. 10143 and 10144(b) respectively, who 
die on or after the implementation date of the TDP, and whose 
dependents are enrolled in the TDP on the date of the death of the 
active duty, Selected Reserve or Individual Ready Reserve member shall 
be eligible for continued enrollment in the TDP for up to three (3) 
years from the date of the member's death. This three-year period of 
continued enrollment also applies to dependents of active duty members 
who died within the year prior to the beginning of the TDP while the 
dependents were enrolled in the TFMDP. During the three-year period of 
continuous enrollment, the government will pay both the Government and 
the beneficiary's portion of the premium share. This continued 
enrollment is not contingent on the Selected Reserve or Individual 
Ready Reserve member's own enrollment in the TDP.
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    Dated: March 15, 2001.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 01-6999 Filed 3-23-01; 8:45 am]
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