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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3102 

To allow certain retiree beneficiaries to reenroll in, and establish monthly 

enrollment fee payment for, TRICARE Select at any time during 2021, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 11, 2021 

Mr. ISSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To allow certain retiree beneficiaries to reenroll in, and establish monthly enrollment fee payment for, TRICARE Select at any time during 2021, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘TRICARE Retiree 

5 Protection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REENROLLMENT AND ESTABLISHMENT OF MONTH2 LY ENROLLMENT FEE PAYMENT FOR 

3 TRICARE SELECT BY CERTAIN RETIREE 

4 BENEFICIARIES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Defense deter6 mines, based on an assertion submitted pursuant to sub7 section (b)(3), that a covered beneficiary described in sub8 section (b) has not received covered notice, such covered 

9 beneficiary may, at any time during 2021, reenroll in 

10 TRICARE Select. 

11 (b) COVERED BENEFICIARIES.—A covered bene12 ficiary described in this subsection is any covered bene13 ficiary in the retired category who— 

14 (1) is enrolled in TRICARE Select as of De15 cember 31, 2020; 

16 (2) during the 2020 TRICARE Open Season, 

17 did not establish monthly enrollment fee payment for 

18 TRICARE Select for 2021; and 

19 (3) submits to the Secretary an assertion that 

20 the covered beneficiary has not received covered no21 tice. 

22 (c) REENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—A covered beneficiary who 

24 reenrolls in TRICARE Select pursuant to subsection 

25 (a) shall, at the time of reenrollment— 


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1 (A) pay a portion of the annual enrollment 

2 fee for TRICARE Select for 2021 equal to— 

3 (i) the monthly enrollment fee pay4 ment for TRICARE Select during 2021 

5 applicable to the covered beneficiary; multi6 plied by 

7 (ii) the number of months in 2021 

8 that have elapsed as of the date of re9 enrollment; and 

10 (B) establish monthly enrollment fee pay11 ment for TRICARE Select during 2021 for the 

12 remaining months of 2021. 

13 (2) PARTIAL MONTH.—For purposes of para14 graph (1)(A)(ii), the month in which a covered bene15 ficiary reenrolls in TRICARE Select shall be treated 

16 as a full month. 

17 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) The terms ‘‘covered beneficiary’’ and 

19 ‘‘TRICARE program’’ have the meaning given such 

20 terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States 

21 Code. 

22 (2) The term ‘‘covered beneficiary in the retired 

23 category’’ means any covered beneficiary enrolled in 

24 TRICARE Select in the retired category under sec25 tion 1075(b)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code. 


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1 (3) The term ‘‘covered notice’’ means notice re2 garding the process to enroll in, and establish 

3 monthly enrollment fee payment for, TRICARE Se4 lect for 2021. 

5 (4) The term ‘‘TRICARE Select’’ means the 

6 option under the TRICARE program established 

7 pursuant to section 1075 of title 10, United States 

8 Code. 

9 (5) The term ‘‘2020 TRICARE Open Season’’ 

10 means the period in 2020 for enrollment in and elec11 tion of options regarding participation in the 

12 TRICARE program during 2021, namely the period 

13 beginning November 9, 2020, and ending December 

14 14, 2020. 

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