[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 73 (Friday, April 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 19948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8741]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


TRICARE, Formerly Known as the Civilian Health and Medical 
Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); Fiscal Year 2011 Continued 
Health Care Benefit Program (CHCBP) Premium Update Mental Health Rate 
Updates

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of updated Continued Health Care Benefit Program 
premiums for Fiscal Year 2011.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides the updated Continued Health Care Benefit 
Program (CHCBP) premiums for Fiscal Year 2011.

DATES: The Fiscal Year 2011 rates contained in this notice are 
effective for services on or after October 1, 2010.

ADDRESSES: TRICARE Management Activity (TMA), Policy and Benefits 
Branch, 5111 Leesburg Pike, Suite 810A, Falls Church, VA 22041.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark A. Ellis, telephone (703) 681-
0039.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final rule published in the Federal 
Register on September 30, 1994, (59 FR 49818) set forth rules to 
implement the Continued Health Care Benefit Program (CHCBP) required by 
10 United States Code 1078a. Included in this final rule were 
provisions for updating the CHCBP premiums for each federal Fiscal 
Year. As stated in the final rule, the premiums are based on Federal 
Employee Health Benefit Program employee and agency contributions 
required for a comparable health benefits plan, plus an administrative 
fee. Premiums may be revised annually and shall be published annually 
for each Fiscal Year.
    The TRICARE Management Activity has updated the quarterly premiums 
for Fiscal Year 2011 as shown below.

Quarterly CHCBP Premiums for Fiscal Year 2011

    Individual--$988.
    Family--$2,213.
    The above premiums are effective for services rendered on or after 
October 1, 2010 for both existing and new enrollees.

    Dated: April 13, 2010.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-8741 Filed 4-15-10; 8:45 am]
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