10 U.S.C. § 1095e
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- (a)The Secretary of Defense shall require in regulations that—
- (1)each lead agent under the TRICARE program—
- (A)designate a person to serve full-time as a beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinator for beneficiaries under the TRICARE program;
- (B)designate for each of the TRICARE program regions at least one person (other than a person designated under subparagraph (A)) to serve full-time as a beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinator solely for members of the reserve components and their dependents who are beneficiaries under the TRICARE program; and
- (C)provide for toll-free telephone communication between such beneficiaries and the beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinator; and
- (2)the commander of each military medical treatment facility under this chapter designate a person to serve, as a primary or collateral duty, as beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinator for beneficiaries under the TRICARE program served at that facility.
- (1)each lead agent under the TRICARE program—
- (b)The Secretary shall prescribe the duties of the position of beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinator in the regulations required by subsection (a).