‘‘(B) The appropriate actuarial basis for purposes of 
subparagraph (A) shall be determined, for each calendar 
year after calendar year 2009, by utilizing the actual cost 
of providing benefits under this section to members’ de-
pendents during the calendar years preceding such cal-
endar year. 
‘‘(4) The premiums for TRICARE Reserve Select 
family coverage payable by a member of a reserve compo-
nent under this subsection may be deducted and withheld 
from basic pay payable to the member under section 204 
of title 37 or from compensation payable to the member 
under section 206 of such title. The Secretary shall pre-
scribe the requirements and procedures applicable to the 
payment of premiums. 
‘‘(5) Amounts collected as premiums under this sub-
section shall be credited to the appropriation available for 
the Defense Health Program Account under section 1100 
of this title, shall be merged with sums in such Account 
that are available for the fiscal year in which collected, 
and shall be available under subsection (b) of such section 
for such fiscal year. 
‘‘(e) COST-SHARING AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(1) NETWORK
INDIVIDUAL
COVERAGE.—Ex-
cept as provided in paragraph (2), a beneficiary cov-
ered by TRICARE Reserve Select individual cov-
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erage shall pay no charge for any healthcare service 
to which the beneficiary is entitled pursuant to such 
coverage. 
‘‘(2) 
OUT-OF-NETWORK
INDIVIDUAL
COV-
ERAGE.—With respect to out-of-network healthcare 
services, a beneficiary covered by TRICARE Reserve 
Select individual coverage shall be subject to the 
same out-of-network cost-sharing requirements as 
those to which beneficiaries described in section 
1075(c)(1) of this title in the active-duty family 
member category are subject to for the cor-
responding year. 
‘‘(3) FAMILY
COVERAGE.—A beneficiary cov-
ered by TRICARE Reserve Select family coverage 
shall be subject to the same cost-sharing require-
ments as those to which beneficiaries described in 
section 1075(c)(1) of this title in the active-duty 
family member category are subject to for the cor-
responding year. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the other administering Secretaries, 
shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this 
section. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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‘‘(1) The terms ‘active-duty family member cat-
egory’, ‘network’, and ‘out-of-network’ have the 
meanings given such terms in section 1075(h) of 
this title. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘immediate family’, with respect 
to a member of a reserve component, means any de-
pendents of the member described in subparagraph 
(A), (D), or (I) of section 1072(2) of this title. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘TRICARE Reserve Select’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) medical care at facilities of the uni-
formed services to which a dependent described 
in section 1076(a)(2) of this title is entitled; 
and 
‘‘(B) health benefits under the TRICARE 
Select self-managed, preferred provider network 
option under section 1075 of this title made 
available to beneficiaries by reason of this sec-
tion and subject to the cost-sharing require-
ments set forth in subsection (e) of this section. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘TRICARE Reserve Select fam-
ily coverage’ means the coverage under TRICARE 
Reserve Select of any members of the immediate 
family of a member of the Selected Reserve of the 
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Ready Reserve of a reserve component, as described 
in subsection (b). 
‘‘(5) The term ‘TRICARE Reserve Select indi-
vidual 
coverage’ 
means 
the 
coverage 
under 
TRICARE Reserve Select of a member of the Se-
lected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of a reserve 
component, as described in subsection (a).’’. 
(b) TRICARE DENTAL FOR SELECTED RESERVE.— 
Section 1076a of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the heading of paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘SELECTED RESERVE AND’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) PLAN FOR SELECTED RESERVE.—A dental 
benefits plan for members of the Selected Reserve of 
the Ready Reserve.’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(3) NO PREMIUM PLANS.—(A) The dental in-
surance plan established under subsection (a)(5) is 
a no premium plan. 
‘‘(B) Members enrolled in a no premium plan 
may not be charged a premium for benefits provided 
under the plan.’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘a mem-
ber of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve 
or’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (l) 
as subsections (g) through (m), respectively; 
(5) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection (f): 
‘‘(f) COPAYMENTS UNDER NO PREMIUM PLANS.—A 
member who receives dental care under a no premium plan 
referred to in subsection (d)(3) shall pay no charge for 
any care described in subsection (c).’’; and 
(6) in subsection (i), as redesignated by para-
graph (4), by striking ‘‘subsection (k)(2)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (l)(2)’’. 
(c) IMPROVEMENTS TO COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN RE-
TIREES.— 
(1) ADJUSTMENT
OF
ELIGIBILITY.—Section 
1074(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a member or 
former member entitled to retired pay for non-regular 
service under chapter 1223 of this title who is under 60 
years of age unless such member or former member is in 
receipt of such pay (or would be in receipt of such pay 
but for section 5304 or 5305 of title 38).’’. 
(2) TRICARE 
RETIRED
RESERVE.—Section 
1076e(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘but is not age 60’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘but is not age 60 and is not in receipt of such 
retired pay (or would be in receipt of such pay but 
for section 5304 or 5305 of title 38)’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TRICARE SE-
LECT.—Section 1075 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (c)(3) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(3) With respect to beneficiaries in the reserve 
and young adult category— 
‘‘(A) for beneficiaries covered by section 
1076e or 1110b of this title, the cost-sharing 
requirements shall be calculated pursuant to 
subsection (d)(1) as if the beneficiary were in 
the active-duty family member category or the 
retired category, as applicable, except that the 
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premiums calculated pursuant to section 1076e 
or 1110b of this title shall apply instead of any 
enrollment fee required under this section; and 
‘‘(B) for beneficiaries covered by section 
1076d of this title, the cost-sharing require-
ments shall be calculated pursuant to section 
(e) of such section.’’. 
(e) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply with re-
spect to the provision of healthcare under the TRICARE 
program beginning on the date that is one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. FORMS AND STUDY RELATING TO IMPROVED COV-
ERAGE FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RE-
SERVE. 
(a) FORMS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall develop forms to be used by civilian healthcare pro-
viders under the purchased care component of the 
TRICARE Program for medical and dental care for mem-
bers of the Selected Reserve eligible for TRICARE Re-
serve Select. Such forms shall include opportunities for the 
healthcare provider to indicate, with respect to the mem-
ber, the following information: 
(1) Medical Readiness Classification. 
(2) Dental Readiness Classification. 
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(3) Fitness for deployment. 
(4) Any other information the Secretary deter-
mines necessary. 
(b) STUDY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall conduct a study on— 
(A) the phasing out of mass medical events 
and periodic health assessments for members of 
the Selected Reserve eligible for TRICARE Re-
serve Select; and 
(B) the replacement of such events and 
processes with the new TRICARE Reserve Se-
lect coverage model under section 1076d of title 
10, United States Code (as amended by section 
1), and the use of forms by civilian healthcare 
providers as specified in subsection (a). 
(2) FINDINGS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
report containing the findings of the study under 
paragraph (1). 
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