Transitional Health Care for You and Your Family
The Transitional Assistance Management Program (TAMP) offers transitional TRICARE coverage to
certain separating active duty members and their eligible family members. Care is available
for a limited time.
TAMP
Effective Oct. 28, 2004, TRICARE eligibility under the TAMP has been permanently extended
to 180 days.
There are four categories of eligibility for TAMP:
- Members involuntarily separated from active duty and their eligible family members;
- National Guard and Reserve members, collectively known as the Reserve Component (RC), separated
from active duty after being called up or ordered in support of a contingency operation for an
active duty period of more than 30 days and their family members
- Members separated from active duty after being involuntarily retained in support of a
contingency operation and their family members; and
- Members separated from active duty following a voluntary agreement to stay on active duty for
less than one year in support of a contingency mission and their family members.
Active duty sponsors and family members enrolled in TRICARE Prime who desire to continue their
enrollment upon the sponsor’s separation from active duty status are required to reenroll. To
reenroll, the sponsor or family member must complete and submit a TRICARE Prime enrollment
application.
Under TAMP, former active duty sponsors, former activated reservists, and family members of
both are not eligible to enroll or reenroll in TRICARE Prime Remote or in TRICARE Prime Remote for
Active Duty Family Members because both programs require the sponsor to be on active
duty. Under the TAMP, the sponsor is no longer on active duty and is treated as an active duty
family member for benefits and cost sharing purposes.
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Note:
Transitional health care does not apply to retirees.
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Once your initial transitional health care ends: After this 180-day period, you
and your family are no longer eligible to use military treatment facilities or
TRICARE. However, you may purchase health care coverage, known as the Continued Health Care
Benefit Program (CHCBP). You have 60 days after your initial transitional health care ends to
enroll in CHCBP.
You and your family members will be issued over-stamped identification cards that allow you to
use military treatment facilities after your separation. The cards will be marked with the
dates you are eligible for transitional health care
All Others
If you separate voluntarily, you and your family are not eligible to use military treatment
facilities or TRICARE. However, you may purchase extended transitional health care
coverage (CHCBP) for up to 18 months of coverage. You have 60 days after separation to enroll
in CHCBP. Your coverage will start the day after your separation.
