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: 117-hr-1822
Sponsor: full_name: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-11
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Caribbean area

Congressional oversight

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Medicare

Military medicine

Military personnel and dependents

Public contracts and procurement

Puerto Rico

U.S. territories and protectorates

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-11
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 and certain beneficiaries in the active-duty family member category, may enroll in the TRICARE Prime managed care option in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, beginning not later than January 1, 2022.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1822 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 11, 2021 Miss González-Colón 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 (1) In designating geographical areas under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the individuals described in paragraph (2) may enroll in TRICARE Prime in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, beginning not later than January 1, 2022. (2) The individuals described in this paragraph are— (A) beneficiaries covered by subsection (c) of section 1086 of this title, other than Medicare-eligible beneficiaries described in subsection (d)(2) of such section; and (B) beneficiaries in the active-duty family member category (as described in section 1075(b)(1) of this title), without regard to whether such beneficiaries are dependents of members who have relocated pursuant to an order for a change in duty station that does not authorize the dependent to accompany the member to the new duty station at the expense of the United States. . (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).