§ 1076d. TRICARE program: TRICARE Standard coverage for members of the Selected Reserve
(a)
Eligibility.—
(b)
Termination of Eligibility Upon Termination of Service.—
Eligibility for TRICARE Standard coverage of a member under this section shall terminate upon the termination of the member’s service in the Selected Reserve.
(c)
Family Members.—
While a member of a reserve component is covered by TRICARE Standard under the section, the members of the immediate family of such member are eligible for TRICARE Standard coverage as dependents of the member. If a member of a reserve component dies while in a period of coverage under this section, the eligibility of the members of the immediate family of such member for TRICARE Standard coverage shall continue for six months beyond the date of death of the member.
(d)
Premiums.—
(1)
A member of a reserve component covered by TRICARE Standard under this section shall pay a premium for that coverage.
(2)
The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe for the purposes of this section one premium for TRICARE Standard coverage of members without dependents and one premium for TRICARE Standard coverage of members with dependents referred to in subsection (f)(1). The premium prescribed for a coverage shall apply uniformly to all covered members of the reserve components.
(3)
(4)
The premiums payable by a member of a reserve component under this subsection may be deducted and withheld from basic pay payable to the member under section
204 of title
37 or from compensation payable to the member under section 206 of such title. The Secretary shall prescribe the requirements and procedures applicable to the payment of premiums.
(5)
Amounts collected as premiums under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation available for the Defense Health Program Account under section
1100 of this title, shall be merged with sums in such Account that are available for the fiscal year in which collected, and shall be available under subsection (b) of such section for such fiscal year.
(e)
Regulations.—
The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the other administering Secretaries, shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this section.
(f)
Definitions.—
In this section:
(1)
The term “immediate family”, with respect to a member of a reserve component, means all of the member’s dependents described in subparagraphs (A), (D), and (I) of section
1072
(2) of this title.