10 USC § 1095e - TRICARE program: beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s1095e"
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title: "10 USC § 1095e - TRICARE program: beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1095e"
section_name: "TRICARE program: beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VII, § 715(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 690; amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title VII, § 707, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1529.)"
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# § 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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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VII, § 715(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 690; amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title VII, § 707, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1529.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2003—Subsec. (a)(1).  added subpar. (B) and redesignated former subpar. (B) as (C).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Deadline for Initial Designations

, , , directed that each beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinator required under the regulations described in subsec. (a) of this section be designated not later than .