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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 113

To remove certain restrictions on participation in the demonstration project

conducted by the Secretary of Defense to provide health care for Medicare-eligible Department of Defense beneficiaries under the Federal Employees Health Benefits program.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 6, 1999

Mr. CUNNINGHAM (for himself, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr.

BILBRAY, and Ms. GRANGER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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

A BILL

To remove certain restrictions on participation in the demonstration project conducted by the Secretary of Defense

to provide health care for Medicare-eligible Department

of Defense beneficiaries under the Federal Employees

Health Benefits program.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON PAR2 TICIPATION BY ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES IN

3 FEHBP DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

4 (a) REMOVAL OF NUMERICAL RESTRICTIONS.—Sec5 tion 1108 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by

6 striking the second sentence of subsection (a).

7 (b) REMOVAL OF GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTIONS.—

8 Such section is further amended—

9 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and residing

10 within one of the areas covered by the demonstration

11 project’’; and

12 (2) by striking subsection (c).

13 (c) ENROLLMENT PERIODS; TERMS OF ENROLL14 MENT.—(1) Subsection (d)(2) of such section is amended

15 by striking ‘‘an open enrollment period for the year 2000

16 (conducted in the fall of 1999)’’ and inserting ‘‘open en17 rollment periods for the years 2000, 2001, and 2002 (con18 ducted in the fall of 1999, 2000, and 2001, respectively)’’.

19 (2) Subsection (f)(1) of such section is amended by

20 striking ‘‘who enrolls’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the

21 termination of the project’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be as fol22 lows unless the beneficiary disenrolls before the termi23 nation of the project:

24 ‘‘(A) For an eligible beneficiary who enrolls in

25 the demonstration project during the open enroll26 ment period for the year 2000, 3 years.
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1 ‘‘(B) For an eligible beneficiary who enrolls in the

2 demonstration project during the open enrollment period

3 for the year 2001, 2 years.

4 ‘‘(C) For an eligible beneficiary who enrolls in the

5 demonstration project during the open enrollment period

6 for the year 2002, 1 year.’’.

7 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Such section

8 is further amended—

9 (1) by redesignating subsections (d) through (l)

10 as subsections (c) through (k), respectively; and

11 (2) in subsection (j) (as redesignated by para12 graph (1)), by striking ‘‘subsection (j)(2)’’ and in13 serting ‘‘subsection (i)(2)’’.

14 (2) Section 8906 of title 5, United States Code, is

15 amended—

16 (A) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘subsection

17 (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (h)’’; and

18 (B) in subsection (g)(3), by striking ‘‘subsection

19 (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (h)’’.

20 (3) Section 724 of the Strom Thurmond National De21 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law

22 105–261; 112 Stat. 2069) is amended by striking ‘‘subjec23 tion (j)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (i)’’.

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