Disenrolling Before Completing the Initial Enrollment Period for National Guard/Reserve Service Members and Their Families
The following table describes valid reasons for disenrolling
(canceling coverage) from the TDP before the end of the mandatory 12-month initial enrollment
period:
Situation
Description
Loss of eligibility
Sponsor or family member loses eligibility for the TDP due to death, divorce, marriage, age limit of a child, or end of entitlement.
Sponsor and family are relocated to the OCONUS service area
Sponsor may elect to disenroll himself or herself and/or disenroll his or her family members from the TDP within
90 calendar days of the relocation. The date of the relocation must be included on the disenrollment request. The disenrollment will be processed based on the date the TDP Enrollment/Change Form is received.
National Guard/Reserve Sponsor Deactivation (sponsor activated more than 30 consecutive days in support of specific Contingency Operations)
Upon sponsor deactivation, family members will be disenrolled before the end of the mandatory 12-month initial enrollment period, if initially enrolled within 30 days of sponsor activation.
Transfer to Standby or Retired Reserve
A National Guard/Reserve member will be disenrolled before the end of the mandatory 12-month enrollment period if the member is transferred to the Standby Reserve or Retired Reserve.
For more information about disenrolling/canceling coverage,
and when coverage ends, see the TRICARE Dental Program Benefit Booklet
Eligibility and Enrollment Section .
