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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6266 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to limit increases in the certain 
costs of health care services under the health care programs of the 
Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2012 
Mr. RUNYAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to limit increases 
in the certain costs of health care services under the 
health care programs of the Department of Defense, 
and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Military Health Care 
Protection Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
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(1) career members of the uniformed services 
and their families endure unique and extraordinary 
demands and make extraordinary sacrifices over the 
course of a 20-year to 30-year career in protecting 
freedom for all Americans; and 
(2) those decades of sacrifice constitute a sig-
nificant pre-paid premium for health care during a 
career member’s retirement that is over and above 
what the member pays with money. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN INCREASES IN HEALTH 
CARE COSTS FOR UNIFORMED SERVICES 
BENEFICIARIES. 
(a) 
PHARMACY
BENEFITS
PROGRAM.—Section 
1074g(a)(6) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) The amount of any cost sharing requirements 
under this paragraph may not be increased in any year 
by a percentage that exceeds the percentage by which re-
tired pay is increased under section 1401a(b)(2) of this 
title. Increases shall be made only in whole dollar 
amounts. To the extent that the percentage increase under 
such section 1401a(b)(2) in any year would yield an in-
crease of less than one dollar, the accumulated increase 
shall be carried over to the subsequent year, until the ac-
cumulated increase equals at least one dollar.’’. 
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(b) DEDUCTIBLE AMOUNTS UNDER CHAMPUS.— 
(1) 
SELF-ONLY
COVERAGE.—Subsection 
1086(b)(1) of such title is amended by adding at the 
end the following sentences: ‘‘For each fiscal year 
beginning after September 30, 2012, the Secretary 
of Defense may only increase the deductible amount 
by a percentage not to exceed the percentage by 
which retired pay is increased under section 
1401a(b)(2) of this title. Any resulting increase shall 
be rounded down to the nearest whole dollar.’’. 
(2) FAMILY COVERAGE.—Subsection 1086(b)(2) 
of such title is amended by adding at the end the 
following sentences: ‘‘For each fiscal year beginning 
after September 30, 2012, the Secretary of Defense 
may only increase the deductible amount by a per-
centage not to exceed the percentage by which re-
tired pay is increased under section 1401a(b)(2) of 
this title. Any resulting increase shall be rounded 
down to the nearest whole dollar.’’. 
(c) INPATIENT CHARGES UNDER CHAMPUS.—Sec-
tion 1086(b)(3) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘25 
percent’’ and all that follows through ‘‘September 30, 
2011.’’ and inserting ‘‘25 percent of the charges for inpa-
tient care, except that in no case shall such charges exceed 
$708 per day.’’. 
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(d) 
CATASTROPHIC
CAP
ON
FEES
UNDER 
CHAMPUS.—Section 1086(b)(4) of such title is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘A member’’ and inserting ‘‘For 
fiscal years ending before October 1, 2012, a’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tences: ‘‘For each fiscal year beginning after Sep-
tember 30, 2012, the Secretary of Defense may only 
increase the amount in the preceding sentence by a 
percentage not to exceed the percentage by which re-
tired pay is increased under section 1401a(b)(2) of 
this title. Any resulting increase shall be rounded 
down to the nearest whole dollar.’’. 
(e) PROHIBITION OF ENROLLMENT FEES FOR CER-
TAIN PERSONS UNDER CHAMPUS.—Section 1086(b) of 
such title is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(5) A person covered by subsection (c) may 
not be charged an enrollment fee for coverage under 
this section. 
‘‘(6) A person covered by subsection (c) shall 
not be subject to denial of claims for coverage under 
this section for failure to enroll for such coverage. 
To the extent enrollment may be required, enroll-
ment shall be automatic for any such person filing 
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a claim under this section. In such cases of auto-
matic enrollment, annual re-enrollment shall be 
automatic unless the beneficiary expressly declines to 
re-enroll.’’. 
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