SEC. 2. TRICARE STANDARD COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN 
MEMBERS OF THE RETIRED RESERVE, AND 
FAMILY MEMBERS, WHO ARE QUALIFIED FOR 
A NON-REGULAR RETIREMENT BUT ARE NOT 
YET AGE 60. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1076d 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1076e. TRICARE program: TRICARE standard cov-
erage for certain members of the Retired 
Reserve who are qualified for a non-reg-
ular retirement but are not yet age 60 
‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY.—(1) Except as provided in para-
graph (2), a member of the Retired Reserve of a Reserve 
component of the Armed Forces who is qualified for a non- 
regular retirement at age 60 under chapter 1223, but is 
not age 60, is eligible for health benefits under TRICARE 
Standard as provided in this section. 
‘‘(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) TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY UPON OBTAIN-
ING OTHER TRICARE STANDARD COVERAGE.—Eligi-
bility for TRICARE Standard coverage of a member 
under this section shall terminate upon the member be-
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coming eligible for TRICARE Standard coverage at age 
60 under section 1086 of this title. 
‘‘(c) FAMILY MEMBERS.—While a member of a Re-
serve 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 com-
ponent dies while in a period of coverage under this sec-
tion, the eligibility of the members of the immediate family 
of such member for TRICARE Standard coverage under 
this section shall continue for the same period of time that 
would be provided under section 1086 of this title if the 
member had been eligible at the time of death for 
TRICARE Standard coverage under such section (instead 
of under this section). 
‘‘(d) PREMIUMS.—(1) A member of a Reserve compo-
nent 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 mem-
bers with dependents referred to in subsection (f)(1). The 
premium prescribed for a coverage shall apply uniformly 
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to all covered members of the Reserve components covered 
under this section. 
‘‘(3) The monthly amount of the premium in effect 
for a month for TRICARE Standard coverage under this 
section shall be the amount equal to the cost of coverage 
that the Secretary determines on an appropriate actuarial 
basis. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall prescribe the requirements 
and procedures applicable to the payment of premiums 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(5) Amounts collected as premiums under this sub-
section 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 subpara-
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graphs (A), (D), and (I) of section 1072(2) of this 
title. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘TRICARE Standard’ means— 
‘‘(A) medical care to which a dependent 
described in section 1076(a)(2) of this title is 
entitled; and 
‘‘(B) health benefits contracted for under 
the authority of section 1079(a) of this title and 
subject to the same rates and conditions as 
apply to persons covered under that section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1076d the following new 
item: 
‘‘1076e. TRICARE program: TRICARE standard coverage for certain members 
of the Retired Reserve who are qualified for a non-regular re-
tirement but are not yet age 60.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 1076e of title 10, 
United States Code, as inserted by subsection (a), shall 
apply to coverage for months beginning on or after Octo-
ber 1, 2009, or such earlier date as the Secretary of De-
fense may specify. 
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