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rollment,’’ the following: ‘‘or is not enrolled because
the dependent is a spouse who did not qualify for en-
rollment on the date of the member’s death because the
spouse was also on active duty for a period of more
than 30 days on the date of the member’s death,’’.
SEC. 704. INCREASED PERIOD OF CONTINUED TRICARE
PRIME COVERAGE OF CHILDREN OF MEM-
BERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES WHO
DIE WHILE SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR A
PERIOD OF MORE THAN 30 DAYS.
(a) PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY.—Section 1079(g) of title
10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(g)’’;
(2) by striking the second sentence; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(2) In addition to any continuation of eligibility for
benefits under paragraph (1), when a member dies while
on active duty for a period of more than 30 days, the mem-
ber’s dependents who are receiving benefits under a plan
covered by subsection (a) shall continue to be eligible for
benefits under TRICARE Prime during the three-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of the member’s death, except
that, in the case of such a dependent of the deceased who
is described by subparagraph (D) or (I) of section 1072(2)
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of this title, the period of continued eligibility shall be the
longer of the following periods beginning on such date:
‘‘(A) Three years.
‘‘(B) The period ending on the date on which
such dependent attains 21 years of age.
‘‘(C) In the case of such a dependent who, at 21
years of age, is enrolled in a full-time course of study
in a secondary school or in a full-time course of study
in an institution of higher education approved by the
administering Secretary and was, at the time of the
member’s death, in fact dependent on the member for
over one-half of such dependent’s support, the period
ending on the earlier of the following dates:
‘‘(i) The date on which such dependent
ceases to pursue such a course of study, as deter-
mined by the administering Secretary.
‘‘(ii) The date on which such dependent at-
tains 23 years of age.
‘‘(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(C), a depend-
ent shall be treated as being enrolled in a full-time course
of study in an institution of higher education during any
reasonable period of transition between the dependent’s
completion of a full-time course of study in a secondary
school and the commencement of an enrollment in a full-
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time course of study in an institution of higher education,
as determined by the administering Secretary.
‘‘(4) The terms and conditions under which health ben-
efits are provided under this chapter to a dependent of a
deceased member under paragraph (2) shall be the same as
those that would apply to the dependent under this chapter
if the member were living and serving on active duty for
a period of more than 30 days.
‘‘(5) In this subsection, the term ‘TRICARE Prime’
means the managed care option of the TRICARE pro-
gram.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on October 7, 2001, and shall
apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after that date.
SEC. 705. EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY OF MEMBERS OF THE SE-
LECTED RESERVE UNDER THE TRICARE PRO-
GRAM.
(a) GENERAL ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection (a) of section
1076d of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY.—A member’’
and inserting ‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY.—(1) Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), a member’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘after the member completes’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘one or more whole years fol-
lowing such date’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a member who
is enrolled, or is eligible to enroll, in a health benefits plan
under chapter 89 of title 5.’’.
(b) CONDITION FOR TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—
Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘(b)
PERIOD OF COVERAGE.—(1) TRICARE Standard’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘(3) Eligibility’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)
TERMINATION
OF ELIGIBILITY UPON TERMINATION
OF
SERVICE.—Eligibility’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Such section is further amended—
(A) by striking subsection (e); and
(B) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (e) and transferring such subsection with-
in such section so as to appear following sub-
section (d).
(2) The heading for such section is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘§ 1076d. TRICARE program: TRICARE Standard cov-
erage for members of the Selected Re-
serve’’.
(d) REPEAL
OF
OBSOLETE
PROVISION.—Section
1076b of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.