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[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 997 Introduced in House (IH)]

107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 997

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive the part B 
premium penalty for individuals entitled to TRICARE health benefits as 
 a member or former member of the uniformed services, or dependent of 
 such a member or former member, and to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to waive the TRICARE requirement for enrollment in Medicare part 
   B in the case of individuals enrolled under the Federal Employees 
                        Health Benefits program.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2001

 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred 
    to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
 Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL

 
  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive the part B 
premium penalty for individuals entitled to TRICARE health benefits as 
 a member or former member of the uniformed services, or dependent of 
 such a member or former member, and to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to waive the TRICARE requirement for enrollment in Medicare part 
   B in the case of individuals enrolled under the Federal Employees 
                        Health Benefits program.

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

SECTION 1. WAIVER OF MEDICARE PART B LATE ENROLLMENT PENALTY FOR 
              INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR TRICARE BENEFITS.

    Section 1839(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(b)) is 
amended by inserting after the second sentence the following new 
sentence: ``The monthly premium shall not be increased under this 
subsection for any month in the case of an individual who, for such 
month, is entitled to hospital insurance benefits under part A and is 
permitted to be eligible for health benefits under section 1086 of 
title 10, United States Code, under subsection (d)(2) of such 
section.''.

SEC. 2. TRICARE WAIVER OF MEDICARE PART B ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENT FOR 
              FEHBP-ENROLLED INDIVIDUALS.

    Section 1086(d)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code, as amended 
by section 712(a) of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by section 1 of Public 
Law 106-398), is amended by inserting ``or is enrolled in a health 
benefits plan under the Federal Employees Health Benefits program under 
chapter 89 of title 5'' before the semicolon.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act take effect on October 1, 2001, and 
apply to premiums and benefits for months beginning on or after such 
date.
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