TRICARE Expedited Evaluation and Treatment for Prenatal Surgery Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1387
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-06-21
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health

Health care costs and insurance

Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Military medicine

Surgery and anesthesia

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>TRICARE Expedited Evaluation and Treatment for Prenatal Surgery Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Defense to implement processes and procedures to ensure that a covered TRICARE program beneficiary whose pregnancy is complicated with a fetal anomaly or suspected of being so complicated receives, at the beneficiary's discretion, expedited evaluation and treatment from a perinatal or pediatric specialist capable of providing surgical management and intervention in utero.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1387 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 21, 2017 Mr. Rounds (for himself, Mr. Casey , and Mr. Booker ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To require the Secretary of Defense to implement processes and procedures to provide expedited evaluation and treatment for prenatal surgery under the TRICARE program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the TRICARE Expedited Evaluation and Treatment for Prenatal Surgery Act of 2017 . 2. Expedited evaluation and treatment for prenatal surgery under the TRICARE program (a) In general The Secretary of Defense shall implement processes and procedures to ensure that a covered beneficiary under the TRICARE program whose pregnancy is complicated with a fetal anomaly or suspected of being complicated with a fetal anomaly receives, in an expedited manner and at the discretion of the covered beneficiary, evaluation and treatment from a perinatal or pediatric specialist capable of providing surgical management and intervention in utero. (b) Definitions In this section, the terms covered beneficiary and TRICARE program have the meanings given those terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.