TRICARE Retiree Protection Act
Bill: S.156 | Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve (R-MT)
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
TRICARE Retiree Protection Act
This bill authorizes a covered beneficiary who is enrolled in TRICARE Select to reenroll in TRICARE Select at any time during 2021. Covered beneficiaries are those in the retired category who enrolled in TRICARE Select as of December 31, 2020, but did not establish a monthly enrollment fee payment during the 2020 TRICARE Open Season.
A covered beneficiary who reenrolls in TRICARE Select must, at the time of enrollment, pay a portion of the annual enrollment fee and establish a monthly enrollment fee payment for the remaining months of 2021.

To permit reenrollment and establishment by retiree beneficiaries of 
 monthly enrollment fee payment for TRICARE Select at any time during 
                     2021, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``TRICARE Retiree Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. REENROLLMENT AND ESTABLISHMENT BY RETIREE BENEFICIARIES OF 
              MONTHLY ENROLLMENT FEE PAYMENT FOR TRICARE SELECT AT ANY 
              TIME DURING 2021.

    (a) In General.--A covered beneficiary described in subsection (b) 
may, at any time during 2021, reenroll in TRICARE Select.
    (b) Covered Beneficiaries.--A covered beneficiary described in this 
subsection is any covered beneficiary in the retired category who--
            (1) is enrolled in TRICARE Select as of December 31, 2020; 
        but
            (2) did not establish monthly enrollment fee payment for 
        TRICARE Select during 2021 during the 2020 TRICARE Open Season.
    (c) Requirements in Connection With Reenrollment.--
            (1) In general.--A covered beneficiary who reenrolls in 
        TRICARE Select pursuant to subsection (a) shall, at the time of 
        reenrollment--
                    (A) pay a portion of the annual enrollment fee for 
                TRICARE Select for 2021 equal to--
                            (i) the monthly enrollment fee payment for 
                        TRICARE Select during 2021 applicable to the 
                        covered beneficiary; multiplied by
                            (ii) the number of months in 2021 that have 
                        elapsed as of the date of reenrollment; and
                    (B) establish month enrollment fee payment for 
                TRICARE Select during 2021 for the remaining months of 
                2021.
            (2) Partial month.--For purposes of paragraph (1)(A)(ii), 
        the month in which a covered beneficiary reenrolls in TRICARE 
        Select shall be treated as a full month.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``covered beneficiary in the retired 
        category'' means any covered beneficiary enrolled in TRICARE 
        Select in the retired category under section 1075(b)(1)(B) of 
        title 10, United States Code.
            (2) The term ``TRICARE Select'' means the option under the 
        TRICARE program established pursuant to section 1075 of title 
        10, United States Code.
            (3) The term ``2020 TRICARE Open Season'' means the period 
        in 2020 for enrollment in and election of options regarding 
        participation in the TRICARE program during 2021, namely the 
        period beginning November 9, 2020, and ending December 14, 
        2020.
            (4) The terms ``covered beneficiary'' and ``TRICARE 
        program'' have the meaning given such terms in section 1072 of 
        title 10, United States Code.
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