A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to remove the prohibition on eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are eligible to enroll in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.

Bill: 115-s-1086
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-05-10
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Military medicine

Military personnel and dependents

National Guard and reserves
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill removes the prohibition on TRICARE Standard eligibility for members of the Selected Reserve of a reserve component of the Armed Forces who are enrolled or eligible to enroll in the federal health benefits program. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1086 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 10, 2017 Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to remove the prohibition on eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are eligible to enroll in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.

1. Modification of eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select of certain members of the Selected Reserve (a) In general Section 1076d(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a member and inserting A member ; and (2) by striking paragraph (2). (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the costs of carrying out the amendments made by this section, if any, will be offset.