Dental Care for Our Troops Act

Bill: 117-hr-8113
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2022-06-16
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Dental Care for Our Troops Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish a premium-free dental plan for members of the Selected Reserve. Participants in this dental plan may not be charged copays for services covered by the plan. (Current law requires DOD to offer a dental plan to members of the Selected Reserve, but the plan has premiums and copays.) <br> </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8113 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 16, 2022 Mr. Kim of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. Kelly of Mississippi ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate certain charges under the TRICARE dental program for members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dental Care for Our Troops Act . 2. TRICARE Dental for Selected Reserve Section 1076a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in the header, by striking selected reserve and ; and (ii) by striking for members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve and ; (B) in paragraph (2), in the header, by inserting individual ready after other ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) Plan for Selected Reserve A dental benefits plan for members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve. ; (2) in subsection (d)— (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: (3) No premium plans (A) The dental insurance plan established under subsection (a)(5) is a no premium plan. (B) Members enrolled in a no premium plan may not be charged a premium for benefits provided under the plan. ; (3) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking a member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve or ; (4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (k) as subsections (g) through (l), respectively; (5) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection (f): (f) Copayments under no premium plans A member who receives dental care under a no premium plan referred to in subsection (d)(3) shall pay no charge for any care described in subsection (c). ; and (6) in subsection (i), as redesignated by paragraph (4), by striking subsection (k)(2) and inserting subsection (l)(2) .