Transitional Health Care for You and Your Family
The Transitional Assistance Management Program (TAMP) offers transitional TRICARE coverage to
certain separating members and their eligible family members. Care is available for 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.
You and your eligible family members who were previously enrolled in TRICARE Prime and 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. Contact your servicing personnel center prior to separating to see if
you are TAMP eligible.
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.
Once your initial transitional health care ends 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 must enroll in CHCBP within 60
days of losing your TRICARE eligibility to qualify for the benefits. .
You and your family members will be issued over-stamped identification cards that will 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
Date Last Reviewed: June 29, 2009
