I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3512 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate certain health care 
charges for members of the Selected Reserve eligible for TRICARE 
Reserve Select, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 25, 2021 
Mr. KIM of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. RYAN, 
Mr. PALAZZO, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. VEASEY, and Mr. DESJARLAIS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate certain 
health care charges for members of the Selected Reserve 
eligible for TRICARE Reserve Select, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Healthcare for Our 
Troops Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN HEALTH CARE CHARGES 
FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) TRICARE RESERVE SELECT.—Section 1076d of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘§ 1076d. TRICARE program: TRICARE Reserve Se-
lect coverage for members of the Selected 
Reserve 
‘‘(a) MEMBERS
OF SELECTED RESERVE.—(1) A 
member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of 
a reserve component of the armed forces is eligible for 
health benefits under TRICARE Reserve Select as pro-
vided in this section. 
‘‘(2) Eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select cov-
erage of a member under this section shall terminate upon 
the termination of the member’s service in the Selected 
Reserve. 
‘‘(b) TRICARE RESERVE SELECT FAMILY COV-
ERAGE.—While a member of a reserve component is cov-
ered by TRICARE Reserve Select under subsection (a), 
the members of the immediate family of such member are 
eligible for TRICARE Reserve Select coverage as depend-
ents of the member. If a member of a reserve component 
dies while in a period of coverage under this section, the 
eligibility of the members of the immediate family of such 
member for TRICARE Reserve Select coverage shall con-
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tinue for six months beyond the date of death of the mem-
ber. 
‘‘(c) NO PREMIUMS FOR INDIVIDUAL COVERAGE.— 
A member of a reserve component covered by TRICARE 
Reserve Select individual coverage shall pay no premium 
for such coverage. 
‘‘(d) PREMIUMS
FOR FAMILY COVERAGE.—(1) A 
member of a reserve component covered by TRICARE Re-
serve Select under this section shall pay a premium for 
any member of the immediate family of such member cov-
ered under TRICARE Reserve Select family coverage. 
Such premium shall apply instead of any enrollment fees 
required under section 1075 of this title. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe for the 
purposes of this section one premium for TRICARE Re-
serve Select family coverage of immediate family members 
of members of the reserve components, that shall apply 
uniformly to all such immediate family members. 
‘‘(3)(A) The monthly amount of the premium in ef-
fect for a month for TRICARE Reserve Select family cov-
erage under this section shall be the amount equal to 28 
percent of the total monthly amount determined on an ap-
propriate actuarial basis as being reasonable for that cov-
erage. 
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‘‘(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 health care service 
to which the beneficiary is entitled pursuant to such 
coverage. 
‘‘(2) 
OUT-OF-NETWORK
INDIVIDUAL
COV-
ERAGE.—With respect to out-of-network health care 
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 all of 
the member’s dependents described in subpara-
graphs (A), (D), and (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 paragraph (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 
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family of a member of the reserve component, as de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
‘‘(5) The term ‘TRICARE Reserve Select indi-
vidual 
coverage’ 
means 
the 
coverage 
under 
TRICARE Reserve Select of a member of the re-
serve 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 paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the header, by striking ‘‘selected 
reserve and’’; and 
(ii) by striking the second sentence; 
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 (k) 
as subsections (g) through (l), 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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