To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that certain TRICARE beneficiaries who reside in Puerto Rico may enroll in TRICARE Prime, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-2171
Sponsor: full_name: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-04-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Caribbean area

Congressional oversight

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Military medicine

Military personnel and dependents

Public contracts and procurement

Puerto Rico

U.S. territories and protectorates

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense to ensure that TRICARE beneficiaries whose health benefits are provided under contract, other than certain Medicare-eligible beneficiaries, may enroll in the TRICARE Prime managed care option in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, beginning not later than January 1, 2021.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2171 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2019 Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that certain TRICARE beneficiaries who reside in Puerto Rico may enroll in TRICARE Prime, and for other purposes.

1. Availability of TRICARE Prime in Puerto Rico (a) Availability of TRICARE Prime in Puerto Rico Section 1097 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (f) Availability of TRICARE Prime in Puerto Rico In designating geographical areas under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that beneficiaries covered by subsection (c) of section 1086 of this title, other than Medicare-eligible beneficiaries described in subsection (d)(2) of such section, may enroll in TRICARE Prime in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, beginning not later than January 1, 2021. . (b) Report Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the progress of the Secretary in carrying out the requirements of subsection (f) of section 1097 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).