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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1095e. TRICARE program: beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators
(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;
(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
(C) 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).
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