TRICARE Reserve Select Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-1695
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Military medicine

Military personnel and dependents

National Guard and reserves
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>TRICARE Reserve Select Improvement Act</strong></p> <p>This bill expands TRICARE Reserve Select eligibility to include members of the Selected Reserve who are enrolled or eligible to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1695 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 9, 2021 Mr. Kelly of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. Ryan , Mr. Larsen of Washington , and Mr. Garamendi ) introduced the following bill; which was 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the TRICARE Reserve Select Improvement Act . 2. 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.