[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3022 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3022

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to restore the eligibility of 
former members of the uniformed services who are entitled to retired or 
retainer pay or equivalent pay, or a dependent of such members, and who 
  are eligible for hospital insurance benefits under part A of title 
     XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) for 
   prescription pharmaceuticals through the military medical system.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 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 amend title 10, United States Code, to restore the eligibility of 
former members of the uniformed services who are entitled to retired or 
retainer pay or equivalent pay, or a dependent of such members, and who 
  are eligible for hospital insurance benefits under part A of title 
     XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) for 
   prescription pharmaceuticals through the military medical system.

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

SECTION 1. SPECIAL PHARMACEUTICAL PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COVERED 
              BENEFICIARIES.

    (a) Provision by Mail or Prescription Card Required.--(1) Chapter 
55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 1074c the following new section:
``Sec. 1074d. Pharmaceutical program for certain covered beneficiaries
    ``(a) Provision by Mail or Prescription Card.--The Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the other administering Secretaries, 
shall establish a program to provide prescription pharmaceuticals to 
eligible persons described in subsection (b) by the following methods:
            ``(1) Prescription pharmaceuticals by mail in connection 
        with medical care furnished to such persons through facilities 
        of the uniformed services under this chapter.
            ``(2) Prescription pharmaceuticals obtainable through use 
        of a prescription card acceptable at retail pharmacies in the 
        communities in which such persons reside.
    ``(b) Eligible Persons.--A person eligible to obtain 
pharmaceuticals under the program established under subsection (a) is 
any person who would be eligible for medical care under a contract for 
medical care entered into under section 1086 of this title except for 
operation of subsection (d)(1) of such section.
    ``(c) Pharmaceuticals Offered; Purchase Fees.--(1) The Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the other administering Secretaries, 
shall--
            ``(A) determine the pharmaceuticals that may be obtained by 
        eligible persons under the program established under subsection 
        (a); and
            ``(B) establish an appropriate fee, charge, or copayment to 
        be paid by such persons for pharmaceuticals obtained under the 
        program.
    ``(2) Fees, charges, or copayments required under paragraph (1) may 
not exceed the fees, charges, or copayments established under 
subsection (d) of section 702 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102-484; 10 U.S.C. 1079 note) for 
participation in the pharmaceutical demonstration project established 
under subsection (a) of such section or the retail pharmacy network 
included in a managed health care program under subsection (b) of such 
section.''.
    (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. Pharmaceutical program for certain covered beneficiaries.''.
    (b) Operation of Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
that the program to provide pharmaceuticals 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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