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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1433 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand preventive health care 

services under the TRICARE program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 8, 2017 

Mr. CARBAJAL (for himself, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. TITUS, Ms. 

MOORE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. LEE, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. ROSEN, and Mr. 

GARAMENDI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand preventive 

health care services under the TRICARE program. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Preven5 tive Health Care for Service Members Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF TRICARE-COVERED PREVENTIVE 

2 HEALTH CARE SERVICES. 

3 (a) EXPANSION OF PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE

4 SERVICES.—Section 1074d of title 10, United States 

5 Code, is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub7 section (c); and 

8 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol9 lowing new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE

11 SERVICES.—(1) In addition to the preventive services pro12 vided under subsection (a), persons entitled to medical 

13 care under this chapter shall also be entitled, to the extent 

14 practicable, to the coverage of preventive health services 

15 comparable to the coverage required to be provided by a 

16 group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering 

17 group or individual health insurance coverage under sec18 tion 2713 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

19 300gg–13). Such entitlement shall supersede any other20 wise applicable exclusions to the contrary. 

21 ‘‘(2) Persons entitled to medical care under this chap22 ter shall also be entitled to other evidence-based preventive 

23 health care services and screenings, as may be prescribed 

24 in regulations by the Secretary of Defense. 

25 ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to— 


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1 ‘‘(A) waive all copayments under sections 

2 1074g, 1075, 1075a, 1079(b), and 1086(b) of this 

3 title for preventive services provided pursuant to this 

4 subsection for all beneficiaries who would otherwise 

5 pay copayments; and 

6 ‘‘(B) ensure that a beneficiary pays nothing for 

7 such preventive services during a year without re8 gard to whether the beneficiary has paid the amount 

9 necessary to cover the beneficiary’s deductible for 

10 the year.’’. 

11 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1077(a) of 

12 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

13 end the following new paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(18) The additional preventive health services 

15 described in section 1074d(b) of this title.’’. 

16 (c) EXPANDED WELL CHILD CARE AND ACCESS TO

17 HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION VIS18 ITS.—Section 1079(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 

19 is amended by striking ‘‘schedule of immunizations’’ and 

20 all that follows through subparagraph (B) and inserting 

21 ‘‘schedule of immunizations, health promotion and disease 

22 prevention visits and immunizations (including the preven23 tive care and screenings required pursuant to section 

24 1074d(b) of this title) may be provided to dependents.’’. 

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