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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 4220 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate certain charges under |
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| 6 | 6 | | the TRICARE dental program for members of the Selected Reserve |
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| 7 | 7 | | of the Ready Reserve, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JUNE20, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. K |
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| 11 | 11 | | IMof New Jersey (for himself and Mr. KELLYof Mississippi) introduced |
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| 12 | 12 | | the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate certain |
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| 15 | 15 | | charges under the TRICARE dental program for mem- |
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| 16 | 16 | | bers of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, and |
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| 17 | 17 | | for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dental Care for Our 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Troops Act’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. TRICARE DENTAL FOR SELECTED RESERVE. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1076a of title 10, United States Code, is 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | amended— 8 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) in subsection (a)— 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (A) in paragraph (1)— 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (i) in the header, by striking ‘‘ |
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| 32 | 32 | | SE-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | LECTED RESERVE AND ’’; and 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (ii) by striking ‘‘for members of the 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | and’’; 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (B) in paragraph (2), in the header, by in-8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | serting ‘‘ |
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| 39 | 39 | | INDIVIDUAL READY’’ after ‘‘OTHER’’; 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | and 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (C) by adding at the end the following new 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | paragraph: 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(5) P |
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| 44 | 44 | | LAN FOR SELECTED RESERVE .—A dental 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | benefits plan for members of the Selected Reserve of 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the Ready Reserve.’’; 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) in subsection (d)— 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | paragraph (4); and 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | following new paragraph: 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(3) N |
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| 53 | 53 | | O PREMIUM PLANS.—(A) The dental in-21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | surance plan established under subsection (a)(5) is 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | a no premium plan. 23 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(B) Members enrolled in a no premium plan 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | may not be charged a premium for benefits provided 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | under the plan.’’; 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (3) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘a mem-4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ber of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | or’’; 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (l) 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | as subsections (g) through (m), respectively; 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (5) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | lowing new subsection (f): 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(f) C |
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| 70 | 70 | | OPAYMENTSUNDERNOPREMIUMPLANS.—A 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | member who receives dental care under a no premium plan 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | referred to in subsection (d)(3) shall pay no charge for 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | any care described in subsection (c).’’; and 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (6) in subsection (i), as redesignated by para-15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | graph (4), by striking ‘‘subsection (k)(2)’’ and in-16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | serting ‘‘subsection (l)(2)’’. 17 |
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