3.0.0 448 2023-01-11T13:28:21Z 2023-01-11T13:28:21Z Senate S 2015-02-11 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-11T15:14:02Z Veterans TRICARE Choice Act 114 868 HR 2015-11-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Identical bill CRS Veterans TRICARE Choice Act of 2016 114 5458 HR 2016-11-30 Received in the Senate. Related bill CRS 2015-02-11 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-02-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-02-11 True Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Income tax deductions Income tax exclusion Military medicine Military personnel and dependents Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-02-11 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-01T18:28:08Z Veterans TRICARE Choice Act

Allows an individual who is eligible to participate in the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense [DOD] managed health care program) to: (1) elect to be ineligible to enroll in such program, (2) make tax deductible contributions to a health savings account during the period such individual elects to be ineligible for TRICARE coverage, and (3) enroll in the TRICARE program at a later date during a special enrollment period.

Requires DOD to: (1) submit to the Internal Revenue Service information on each TRICARE-eligible individual who makes such election for purposes of determining such individual's eligibility for a health savings account; and (2) report to Congress, annually, on elections by TRICARE-eligible individuals under this Act.

]]> Veterans TRICARE Choice Act Display Title Veterans TRICARE Choice Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for coordination between the TRICARE program and eligibility for making contributions to a health savings account, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans TRICARE Choice Act Introduced in Senate 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s448is/xml/BILLS-114s448is.xml 2015-02-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.