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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10129 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10129

    To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program 
 regarding treating pregnancy as a qualifying event for enrollment in 
                            TRICARE Select.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2024

   Ms. Sewell (for herself and Mr. Kim of New Jersey) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

 
    To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program 
 regarding treating pregnancy as a qualifying event for enrollment in 
                            TRICARE Select.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM TO TREAT PREGNANCY AS A QUALIFYING EVENT FOR 
              ENROLLMENT IN TRICARE SELECT.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall commence a five-
year pilot program under which the Secretary shall treat pregnancy as a 
qualifying event under section 1099(b)(1)(B) of title 10, United States 
Code, for enrollment in TRICARE Select by an eligible beneficiary.
    (b) Initial Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the 
appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the status of the 
pilot program under subsection (a).
    (c) Annual Report.--Not later than one year after the Secretary 
commences the pilot program under subsection (a), and annually 
thereafter for the next four years, the Secretary shall provide to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on the pilot program. 
Each such report shall include the number of covered enrollment 
changes, disaggregated by--
            (1) month, beginning with January 2026; and
            (2) whether the eligible beneficiary made such covered 
        enrollment change--
                    (A) because the eligible beneficiary is a member of 
                the uniformed services who separated from active duty;
                    (B) because the eligible beneficiary is a member of 
                the uniformed services who returned to active duty;
                    (C) because the eligible beneficiary is a dependent 
                of a member of the uniformed services who separated 
                from active duty;
                    (D) because the eligible beneficiary is a dependent 
                of a member of the uniformed services who returned to 
                active duty; or
                    (E) based on the treatment, under the pilot 
                program, of pregnancy as a qualifying event for 
                enrollment in TRICARE Select.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``covered enrollment change'' means a change 
        to a previous election by an eligible beneficiary under 
        subsection (b)(1) of section 1099 of title 10, United States 
        Code, to enroll in a health care plan designated under 
        subsection (c) of such section.
            (2) The term ``eligible beneficiary'' means an individual 
        who is eligible to enroll in TRICARE Select under section 
        1075(b) of title 10, United States Code.
            (3) The terms ``TRICARE program'' and ``TRICARE Select'' 
        have the meanings given such terms in section 1072 of title 10, 
        United States Code.
            (4) The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
                Representatives;
                    (B) the Committee on Transportation and 
                Infrastructure of the House of Representatives;
                    (C) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
                House of Representatives; and
                    (D) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
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