- These education references and training resources are built on evidence-based practice guidelines and standards of care.
- These resources apply to both Direct CareDirect care refers to military hospitals and clinics, also known as “military treatment facilities” and “MTFs.”direct care and Purchased CareThe TRICARE Health Program is often referred to as purchased care. It is the services we “purchase” through the managed care support contracts.purchased care network and non-network TRICARE-authorized providers.
Policies
| File |
Description |
Date |
| (DTM)-19-004 -Military Service by Transgender Persons and Persons with Gender Dysphoria (Change 1) |
Implements the policy in the February 22, 2018 Secretary of Defense Memorandum and the February 2018 DoD Report and Recommendations on Military Service by Transgender Persons, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures regarding the standards for accession, retention, separation, in-service transition, and medical care for Service members and applicants with gender dysphoria, as applicable. This DTM is effective April 12, 2019. This DTM will be incorporated into DoDIs1300.28, 1332.14, 1332.30, and 6130.03, and supersedes any contradictory guidance in those publications. This DTM will expire effective September 12, 2020. |
3/17/2020 |
| Air Force Policy Memorandum Military Service by Transgender Persons and Persons with Gender Dysphoria |
This Air Force Policy Memorandum immediately establishes specific Air Force policy and provides guidance associated with the accession and in-service transition of exempt Airmen identifying as transgender with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria. Compliance with this memorandum is mandatory. |
8/15/2019 |
| Guidance for Medical Care in Military Treatment Facilities for Service Members Diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria |
Guidance for Medical Care in Military Treatment Facilities for Service Members Diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria |
3/12/2019 |
| Military Service by Transgender Persons and Persons with Gender Dysphoria |
This Fact Sheet for Service Members discusses the Department of Defense policy with respect to Military Service by Transgender Persons and Persons with Gender Dysphoria, and answers frequently asked questions about the policy |
3/1/2019 |
| Interim Defense Health Agency Procedures for Reviewing Requests for Waivers to Allow Supplemental Health Care Program Coverage of Sex Reassignment Surgical Procedures |
The purpose of this memorandum is to share with you the procedures the Defense Health Agency (DHA) will follow to consider requests for a Supplemental Health Care Program (SHCP) waiver to allow coverage of sex reassignment surgical procedures. |
11/13/2017 |
Archives
| File |
Description |
Date |
| Air Force In-Service Transition of Airmen Identifying as Transgender |
This memorandum extends the policy and guidance associated with in-service transition of Airmen identifying as transgender established in Air Force Policy Memorandum 2016-36-01 (AFPM2016-36-01), dated 6 October 2016. To the extent the memorandum's directions are consistent with other Air Force publications, this information herein prevails, in accordance with Air Force Instruction 33-360, Publications and Forms Management. |
11/1/2018 |
| Military Service by Transgender Individuals -Interim Guidance |
Consistent with military effectiveness and lethality, budgetary constraints, and applicable law, this memo describes the DoD's plan to implement the policy and directives in the Presidential Memorandum, "Military Service by Transgender Individuals," dated August 25, 2017. The plan will establish the policy, standards and procedures for transgender individuals serving in the military. |
9/14/2017 |
| Air Force Policy for In-Service Transition for Airmen Identifying as Transgender |
This memo establishes specific Air Force policy and provides guidance associated with in-service transition of Airmen identifying as transgender. |
10/6/2016 |
| DoDI 1300.28: In-Service Transition for Transgender Service Members |
This DoDI establishes a construct by which transgender Service members may transition gender while serving; enumerates prerequisites and prescribes procedures for changing a Service member’s gender marker in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS); specifies medical treatment provisions for Active Component (AC) and Reserve Component (RC) transgender Service members; and implements the policies and procedures in Directive-type Memorandum 16-005. |
10/1/2016 |
| BUMED Notice 6000: Medical Treatment of Transgender Service Members - Interim Guidance |
This policy implements the policy established by the Secretary of Defense for in-service transition for transgender Service members in Navy medical treatment facilities. |
9/27/2016 |
| Interim AMEDD Guidance for Trangender Medical Care |
This memo provides interim guidance regarding the medical evaluation and treatment of active duty transgender Service Members. |
8/3/2016 |
| Directive Type Memorandum: Military Service of Transgender Service Members |
This DTM establishes policy, assigns responsibilities and prescribes procedures for the standards for retention, accession, separation, in-service transition and medical coverage for transgender personnel serving in the Military services. |
6/30/2016 |
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