[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1511 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1511

  To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement 
  that covered beneficiaries under chapter 55 of such title obtain a 
nonavailability-of-health-care statement with respect to obstetrics and 
               gynecological care related to a pregnancy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 4, 2001

 Mr. Ryun of Kansas (for himself, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Shows, 
 Mr. Gibbons, and Mr. Tiahrt) 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 eliminate the requirement 
  that covered beneficiaries under chapter 55 of such title obtain a 
nonavailability-of-health-care statement with respect to obstetrics and 
               gynecological care related to a pregnancy.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN NONAVAILABILITY-OF-
              HEALTH-CARE STATEMENT IN CASES OF PREGNANCY.

    (a) Elimination of Requirement.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended in section 1080(b) by striking the second 
sentence.
    (b) Expansion of Nonavailability Statement Waiver Authority.--
Section 721 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 106-398) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, or in the case of 
        obstetrics and gynecological care related to the pregnancy of a 
        covered beneficiary using TRICARE Extra,'' after ``TRICARE 
        Standard''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as 
                subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(c) Exceptions.--
                ''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of obstetrics and 
gynecological care related to the pregnancy of a covered 
beneficiary.''.
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