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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1347 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 10, United States Code, to waive cost-sharing under the |
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| 6 | 6 | | TRICARE program for three mental health outpatient visits per year |
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| 7 | 7 | | for certain beneficiaries, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL27, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. O |
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| 11 | 11 | | SSOFF(for himself and Mr. CRAMER) introduced the following bill; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was read twice and 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 waive cost-sharing |
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| 15 | 15 | | under the TRICARE program for three mental health |
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| 16 | 16 | | outpatient visits per year for certain beneficiaries, 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 ‘‘Military Families Men-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tal Health Services Act’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •S 1347 IS |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. WAIVER OF COST-SHARING FOR THREE MENTAL 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | HEALTH OUTPATIENT VISITS FOR CERTAIN 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE TRICARE PRO-3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | GRAM. 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) TRICARE S |
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| 31 | 31 | | ELECT.—Section 1075(c) of title 10, 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | following new paragraph: 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(4) Consistent with other provisions of this 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | chapter and subject to requirements to be prescribed 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive cost-shar-10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ing requirements for the first three outpatient men-11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | tal health visits each year of any of the following 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | beneficiaries: 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(A) Beneficiaries in the active-duty family 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | member category. 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(B) Beneficiaries covered by section 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 1110b of this title.’’. 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (b) TRICARE P |
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| 45 | 45 | | RIME.—Section 1075a(a) of such 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | title is amended by adding at the end the following new 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | paragraph: 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(4) Consistent with other provisions of this 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | chapter and subject to requirements to be prescribed 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive cost-shar-23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ing requirements for the first three outpatient men-24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | tal health visits each year of a beneficiary in the ac-25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | •S 1347 IS |
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| 56 | 56 | | tive-duty family member category (as described in 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | section 1075(b)(1)(A) of this title).’’. 2 |
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