{"abstract":"This final rule is republished to correct errors originally published. It is to implement section 712 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001. Section 712 extends TRICARE eligibility to persons age 65 and over who would otherwise have lost their TRICARE eligibility due to attainment of entitlement to hospital insurance benefits under Part A of Medicare. This benefit, which has been named TRICARE for Life (TFL), was implemented on October 1, 2001, under an interim final rule published in the Federal Register on August 3, 2001.","action":"Final rule; correction.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2003/05/30/03-13397.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":199,"title":32}],"citation":"68 FR 32361","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This rule was effective October 1, 2001.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"03-13397","effective_on":"2001-10-01","end_page":32364,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2003/05/30/03-13397.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/05/30/03-13397/tricare-program-eligibility-and-payment-procedures-for-champus-beneficiaries-age-65-and-over","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/03-13397?publication_date=2003-05-30","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2003-05-30/03-13397/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":4,"page_views":{"count":143,"last_updated":"2026-10-23 18:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-05-30/pdf/03-13397.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2003-05-30","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2003/05/30/03-13397.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0720-AA66":{"issue":"200304","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/0720-AA66/tricare-civilian-health-and-medical-program-of-the-uniformed-services-champus-eligibility-and-paymen","title":"TRICARE; Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); Eligibility and Payment Procedures for CHAMPUS Beneficiaries Age 65 and Over","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=200304&RIN=0720-AA66&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Economically Significant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["0720-AA66"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":true,"signing_date":null,"start_page":32361,"subtype":null,"title":"TRICARE Program; Eligibility and Payment Procedures for CHAMPUS Beneficiaries Age 65 and Over","toc_doc":"CHAMPUS beneficiaries age 65 and older; eligibility and payment procedures; correction","toc_subject":"Civilian health and medical program of uniformed services (CHAMPUS):","topics":["Claims","Health insurance","Military personnel"],"type":"Rule","volume":68}