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DOD/DODOASHA RIN: 0720-AB54 Publication ID: Fall 2011 
Title: ●TRICARE; Removal of the Prohibition to Use Addictive Drugs in the Maintenance Treatment of Substance Dependence in TRICARE Beneficiaries 
Abstract: This rule proposes revisions to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) title 32 section 199.4(e) to remove the exclusion of drug abuse maintenance programs and allow as part of a comprehensive treatment plan for an individual with substance dependence, the substitution of a therapeutic drug with addictive potential for a drug of addiction (e.g. the substitution of methadone for heroin). The current regulation prohibits drug maintenance programs where one addictive substance is substituted for another. However, this prohibition of maintenance treatment of substance dependence utilizing a specific category of psychoactive agent is outdated and fails to recognize the accumulated medical evidence supporting certain maintenance programs as one component of the continuum of care necessary for the effective treatment of substance dependence. Current medical evidence shows that this is medically or psychologically necessary and integral to the safe and effective treatment of drug abuse as is generally required for all treatment benefits under 32 CFR 199.4(g)(15) for inclusion in the TRICARE benefit. 
Agency: Department of Defense(DOD)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 32 CFR 199   
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301    10 USC ch 55   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/00/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Patricia Lynn Toppings
Director, Regulatory Directorate
Department of Defense
DIOR\ICD, 4800 Mark Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 08F07,
Alexandria, VA 22350-3100
Phone:571 372-0485
Fax:571 372-0487
Email: patricia.l.toppings.civ@mail.mil