[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2669 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2669

To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend to persons over age 64 
 eligibility for medical care under CHAMPUS and TRICARE; to extend the 
  TRICARE Senior Prime demonstration program in conjunction with the 
extension of eligibility under CHAMPUS and TRICARE to such persons, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 2000

  Mr. Warner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend to persons over age 64 
 eligibility for medical care under CHAMPUS and TRICARE; to extend the 
  TRICARE Senior Prime demonstration program in conjunction with the 
extension of eligibility under CHAMPUS and TRICARE to such persons, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. CONDITIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR CHAMPUS UPON THE ATTAINMENT 
              OF 65 YEARS OF AGE.

    (a) Eligibility of Medicare Eligible Persons.--Section 1086(d) of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
    ``(2) The prohibition contained in paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
a person referred to in subsection (c) who--
            ``(A) is enrolled in the supplementary medical insurance 
        program under part B of such title (42 U.S.C. 1395j et seq.); 
        and
            ``(B) in the case of a person under 65 years of age, is 
        entitled to hospital insurance benefits under part A of title 
        XVIII of the Social Security Act pursuant to subparagraph (A) 
        or (C) of section 226(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 426(b)(2)) 
        or section 226A(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 426-1(a)).''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``paragraph (1) who 
        satisfy only the criteria specified in subparagraphs (A) and 
        (B) of paragraph (2), but not subparagraph (C) of such 
        paragraph,'' and inserting ``subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) 
        who do not satisfy the condition specified in subparagraph (A) 
        of such paragraph''.
    (b) Extension of TRICARE Senior Prime Demonstration Program.--
Paragraph (4) of section 1896(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ggg(b)) is amended by striking ``3-year period beginning on January 
1, 1998'' and inserting ``period beginning on January 1, 1998, and 
ending on December 31, 2002''.
    (c) Repeal of Related Demonstration Program.--Section 702 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 
102-484; 106 Stat. 2431; 10 U.S.C. 1079 note) is repealed.
    (d) Effective Dates.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2001.
    (2) The amendment made by subsection (b) shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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