TRICARE Select Restoration Act

Bill: 117-s-625
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2021-03-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Military medicine

Military personnel and dependents

User charges and fees

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>TRICARE Select Restoration Act</b></p> <p>This bill eliminates the TRICARE Select annual enrollment fee for beneficiaries who retired from the uniformed services before January 1, 2018.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 625 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 9, 2021 Mr. Tester (for himself and Ms. Murkowski ) 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 eliminate the enrollment fee requirement for TRICARE Select for members of the Armed Forces who retired before January 1, 2018.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the TRICARE Select Restoration Act . 2. Elimination of enrollment fee requirement for TRICARE Select for certain retired members of the Armed Forces (a) In general Subsection (e) of section 1075 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (e) Exceptions to certain cost-Sharing amounts for certain retired beneficiaries (1) Notwithstanding subsection (d)— (A) the annual enrollment fee for TRICARE Select for beneficiaries who are former members of the uniformed services who retired before January 1, 2018, shall be $0; and (B) subject to paragraph (2), the annual enrollment fee for TRICARE Select for beneficiaries described in subsection (c)(2)(B) in the retired category who are not described in subparagraph (A) shall be $150 for an individual and $300 for a family. (2) The modified enrollment fee established under paragraph (1)(B) for beneficiaries described in subsection (c)(2)(B) in the retired category shall not apply with respect to the following beneficiaries: (A) Retired members and the family members of such members covered by paragraph (1) of section 1086(c) of this title by reason of being retired under chapter 61 of this title or being a dependent of such a member. (B) Survivors covered by paragraph (2) of such section 1086(c). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to annual enrollment fees under TRICARE Select under section 1075 of title 10, United States Code, for coverage under TRICARE Select after December 31, 2021.