3.0.0 3203 2022-02-03T05:53:07Z 2022-02-03T05:53:07Z Senate S S 2012-05-17 112 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-05-17T19:01:45Z Military Health Care Protection Act of 2012 112 6266 HR 2012-09-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Identical bill CRS 2012-05-17 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2012-05-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2012-05-17 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2012-05-24 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2012-06-04 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2012-06-06 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2012-06-07 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2012-06-28 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2012-07-17 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2012-07-24 False Armed Forces and National Security Health care costs and insurance Military medicine Military personnel and dependents Prescription drugs Armed Forces and National Security 00 2012-05-17 Introduced in Senate 2012-07-26T18:52:51Z Military Health Care Protection Act of 2012 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) career military personnel and their families endure unique and extraordinary demands and make extraordinary sacrifices over the course of a 20-30 year career, and (2) those decades of sacrifice constitute a significant pre-paid premium for health care during a career member's retirement that is over and above what the member pays with money.

Prohibits any cost-sharing requirement under the Department of Defense (DOD) pharmacy benefits program, as well as deductibles under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS), from being increased by a percentage greater than that year's percentage increase in retired pay. Prohibits CHAMPUS inpatient charges from exceeding 25% of their total cost or $708 per day. Prohibits, beginning with FY2013, the maximum annual limit on charges under CHAMPUS from being increased by a percentage greater than that year's percentage increase in retired pay.

Prohibits former members of the Armed Forces who are entitled to retired pay, as well as dependents of members who died while on active duty or from an injury, illness, or disease incurred while on active duty, from being charged an enrollment fee for CHAMPUS coverage or from being subject to denial of claims for coverage based on failure to enroll.

]]> Military Health Care Protection Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Military Health Care Protection Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to limit increases in the certain costs of health care services under the health care programs of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. Display Title Military Health Care Protection Act of 2012 Introduced in Senate 2012-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3203is/xml/BILLS-112s3203is.xml 2012-05-17 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.