---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1095d"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "1095d"
heading: "TRICARE program: waiver of certain deductibles"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/1095d"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 55 — Medical and Dental Care"
---

# §1095d. TRICARE program: waiver of certain deductibles

- (a) **Waiver Authorized.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense may waive the deductible payable for medical care provided under the [TRICARE program](/usc/10/1072.md?p=7) to an [eligible dependent](/usc/10/1111.md?p=b-2) of—
  - (1) a member of a [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [component](/usc/10/3011.md?p=13) on [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1) pursuant to a call or order to [active duty for a period of more than 30 days](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-2); or
  - (2) a member of the [National Guard](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-1) on [full-time National Guard duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-5) pursuant to a call or order to [full-time National Guard duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-5) for a period of more than 30 days.
- (b) **Eligible Dependent.—** As used in this section, the term “[eligible dependent](/usc/10/1111.md?p=b-2)” means a [dependent](/usc/10/1072.md?p=2) described in subparagraph (A), (D), or (I) of [section 1072(2) of this title](/usc/10/1072.md?p=2).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VII, § 714(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 689; amended Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1087(a)(7)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–290; Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VII, § 704, Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1983.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “more than 30 days” for “less than one year” in pars. (1) and (2).

2000—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–398 substituted “subparagraph” for “subparagraphs”.