To ensure that certain TRICARE program beneficiaries may enroll in TRICARE Prime regardless of the location of their residence.

Bill: 114-hr-1500
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-19
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Military medicine
Latest action: action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 to permit an affected eligible beneficiary who was enrolled in TRICARE Prime as of September 30, 2013, and as of December 25, 2013, resided farther than 100 miles from a military medical treatment facility, to make the one-time election to continue TRICARE Prime coverage.</p> <p>Makes this Act effective as if included in the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1500 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 19, 2015 Mr. Kline (for himself, Mr. Latta , Mr. Paulsen , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mr. Emmer of Minnesota , and Mr. Peterson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To ensure that certain TRICARE program beneficiaries may enroll in TRICARE Prime regardless of the location of their residence.

1. Access to TRICARE Prime for certain beneficiaries (a) Clarification of 100-Mile limit Section 732(c)(3) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ( 10 U.S.C. 1097a note) is amended to read as follows: (3) Residence at time of election (A) Except as provided by subparagraph (B), an affected eligible beneficiary may not make the one-time election under paragraph (1) if, at the time of such election, the beneficiary does not reside— (i) in a ZIP code that is in a region described in subsection (d)(1)(B); and (ii) within 100 miles of a military medical treatment facility. (B) Subparagraph (A)(ii) shall not apply with respect to an affected eligible beneficiary who, as of December 25, 2013, resides farther than 100 miles from a military medical treatment facility. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 ( Public Law 113–66 ).