[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 636 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 636

     To amend title 10, United States Code, to restore the CHAMPUS 
  eligibility of certain members and former members of the uniformed 
    services, and their dependents, who are currently excluded from 
    benefits under CHAMPUS because of their entitlement to hospital 
                   insurance benefits under medicare.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 1993

Mr. Sundquist 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 CHAMPUS 
  eligibility of certain members and former members of the uniformed 
    services, and their dependents, who are currently excluded from 
    benefits under CHAMPUS because of their entitlement to hospital 
                   insurance benefits under medicare.

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

SECTION 1. COMPLETE RESTORATION OF COVERAGE UNDER CHAMPUS IN THE CASE 
              OF RETIRED MEMBERS AND CERTAIN DEPENDENTS WHO ARE 
              MEDICARE PARTICIPANTS.

    (a) Complete Restoration of Coverage.--Subsection (d) of section 
1086 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d)(1) A benefit may not be paid under a plan covered by this 
section in the case of a person enrolled in any other insurance, 
medical service, or health plan or entitled to hospital insurance 
benefits under part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395c et seq.) to the extent that the benefit under the plan 
covered by this section is also a benefit under the other plan or 
medicare.
    ``(2) The prohibition contained in paragraph (1) shall not apply in 
the case of a plan administered under title XIX of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Subsection (g) of such section is 
amended by striking ``Section 1079(j) of this title shall apply to a 
plan contracted for under this section, except that no person'' and 
inserting ``No person''.
    (2) Section 1713(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``section 1086(d)(1) of title 10 or''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to health care provided on and after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

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