[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2795 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2795

 To expand the mail-order pharmaceutical program of the Department of 
   Defense to cover all members and former members of the uniformed 
  services, and their dependents, who are eligible for health care in 
             medical facilities of the uniformed services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 1993

Mr. Hall of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To expand the mail-order pharmaceutical program of the Department of 
   Defense to cover all members and former members of the uniformed 
  services, and their dependents, who are eligible for health care in 
             medical facilities of the uniformed services.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MAIL-ORDER PHARMACEUTICALS.

    (a) Sale by Mail Required.--(1) Chapter 55 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1074c the following 
new section:
``Sec. 1074d. Provision of pharmaceuticals by mail
    ``(a) Provision.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 
the other administering Secretaries, shall operate through facilities 
of the uniformed services a program to provide pharmaceuticals by mail 
to persons entitled or eligible under this chapter for medical and 
dental care in facilities of the uniformed services.
    ``(b) Cost of Postage.--A recipient of pharmaceuticals under this 
section shall be responsible for paying the postage required to send 
the pharmaceuticals by mail.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1074c the 
following new item:

``1074d. Provision of pharmaceuticals by mail.''.
    (b) Operation of Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
that the program to provide pharmaceuticals by mail required by section 
1074d of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), is 
in nation-wide operation not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

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