3.0.0 407 2018-02-03T19:45:21Z 2018-02-05T15:28:24Z Senate S S 2005-02-16 109 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-02-16T21:49:25Z Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act 109 602 HR 2005-02-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. Identical bill CRS 2005-02-16 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2005-02-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD N M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2005-02-28 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2005-03-04 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2005-03-14 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2005-06-06 False S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2005-06-06 False D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2005-06-13 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2005-06-20 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2005-06-30 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2005-10-05 False G000445 Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] Judd Gregg R NH 2005-10-26 False S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. 2005-10-31 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2006-02-27 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2006-03-14 False P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2006-07-11 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2006-09-05 False Armed Forces and National Security Commerce Divorce Drugs Families Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government employees' health insurance Health Insurance premiums Married people Medical economics Medicare Military dependents Military hospitals Military medicine Pharmacies Prescription pricing Retired military personnel Retiree health benefits Social Welfare Survivors' benefits Veterans' medical care Widowers Widows Women Armed Forces and National Security 00 2005-02-16 Introduced in Senate 2005-03-22T15:40:50Z Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Office of Personnel Management to provide Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) coverage to the following eligible beneficiaries: (1) a member or former member entitled to military retired or retainer pay; (2) an unremarried former spouse who was married to a member for at least 20 years, during which such member performed at least 20 years of retirement-creditable military service; (3) a dependent of a deceased qualifying member or former member; (4) a dependent of a living member or former member; and (5) a family member.

Directs the Secretary to reimburse such eligible persons for pharmacy benefits received from a pharmacy that is not a TRICARE (Department of Defense managed health care plan) network pharmacy in the same manner as the Secretary would reimburse such person for such benefits received from a TRICARE network pharmacy. Requires such persons, in order to receive such reimbursement, to submit a certification from their physician stating that the person does not have access to a TRICARE network pharmacy due to physical or medical constraints.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to waive the monthly part B premium (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) with respect to: (1) an individual who is entitled to military retired or retainer pay based upon service that began before December 7, 1956; and (2) the spouse, widow, or widower of such individuals.

]]> Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act Short Titles as Introduced Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act Display Title Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-02-16T05:00:00Z 2005-02-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.