When Coverage Begins

If you’re losing any other TRICARE coverage, including the Continued Health Care Benefit Program, you can request for your TRICARE Young Adult coverage to start immediately following your last day of coverage.

  • Mark your requested start date in Box 11 of the application.
  • Your application must be received within 30 days of losing your other coverage.
    • Call your regional contractor within 30 days.
    • Fax your application within 30 days.
    • If you mail your application, it must be received or postmarked within 30 days.

In all other scenarios, the option you choose—TYA-Prime or TYA-Select—determines your enrollment deadline and when TYA coverage begins.

TYA-Prime

Your coverage begins the day the regional contractor receives your completed enrollment application.

TYA-Select

When you use TRICARE Select, you can request your start date to be up to 90 days in the future.

  • Mark your requested start date in Box 11 of the application.
  • If you don’t request a specific start date, your coverage will begin upon receipt of your application. 
Important milConnect Update

myAuth is replacing DS Logon for milConnect access. Learn more about the myAuth transition.

Attention TRICARE Users: myAuth will roll out in phases. This began with milConnect and ID Card Office Online on May 21. Over time, all DOD applications that use DS Logon will transition to myAuth.

West Region Information
Disenrolled from your TRICARE plan in the West Region? Learn how you can reinstate your coverage.

Last Updated 5/15/2025