3.0.0 1290 2023-01-11T13:31:09Z 2023-01-11T13:31:09Z Senate S 2015-05-12 114 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-05-12T15:31:29Z National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 114 1376 S 2015-05-19 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 88. Related bill CRS National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 114 1735 HR 2015-10-22 Vetoed by President. Related bill CRS 2015-05-12 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2015-05-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD N Armed Forces and National Security Health care costs and insurance Health information and medical records Military medicine Military personnel and dependents Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-05-12 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-27T21:17:21Z TRICARE Portability Act of 2015

This bill directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure that beneficiaries covered under a TRICARE health plan are able to access health care under such health plan in each TRICARE program region.

The Secretary shall:

  • provide for the automatic electronic transfer of demographic, enrollment, and claims information between the contractors responsible for administering the TRICARE program in each TRICARE region when covered beneficiaries relocate between such regions,
  • ensure these covered beneficiaries are able to obtain a new primary health care provider within ten days of undergoing such relocation, and
  • develop a process for such covered beneficiaries to receive urgent care without preauthorization while undergoing such relocation.
]]> TRICARE Portability Act of 2015 Display Title TRICARE Portability Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure the ability of covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program to access care under a health plan under such program in each TRICARE program region, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced TRICARE Portability Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1290is/xml/BILLS-114s1290is.xml 2015-05-12 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.