[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 779 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 779

 To remove certain restrictions on participation in the demonstration 
 project conducted by the Secretary of Defense to provide health care 
  for Medicare-eligible Department of Defense beneficiaries under the 
Federal Employees Health Benefits program, and to extend the period for 
                       carrying out such project.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2001

Mr. Cunningham (for himself, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. 
Skeen, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. 
Chambliss, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Boucher, and Mr. Filner) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 
and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to 
      be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To remove certain restrictions on participation in the demonstration 
 project conducted by the Secretary of Defense to provide health care 
  for Medicare-eligible Department of Defense beneficiaries under the 
Federal Employees Health Benefits program, and to extend the period for 
                       carrying out such project.

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

SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON PARTICIPATION BY ELIGIBLE 
              BENEFICIARIES IN FEHBP DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    (a) Removal of Numerical Restrictions.--Section 1108 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the second sentence of 
subsection (a).
    (b) Removal of Geographic Restrictions.--Such section is further 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``and residing within 
        one of the areas covered by the demonstration project''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (c).
    (c) Extension of Period for Project.--Subsection (d)(1) of such 
section is amended by striking ``three'' and inserting ``five''.
    (d) Enrollment Periods.--(1) Subsection (d)(2) of such section is 
amended by striking ``an open enrollment period for the year 2000 
(conducted in the fall of 1999)'' and inserting ``open enrollment 
periods for the years 2000 through 2004 (conducted in the fall of the 
years 1999 through 2003)''.
    (2) Subsection (f)(1) of such section is amended by striking ``who 
enrolls'' and all that follows through ``the termination of the 
project'' and inserting ``shall be as follows unless the beneficiary 
disenrolls before the termination of the project:
            ``(A) For an eligible beneficiary who enrolls in the 
        demonstration project during the open enrollment period for the 
        year 2000, 5 years.
            ``(B) For an eligible beneficiary who enrolls in the 
        demonstration project during the open enrollment period for the 
        year 2001, 4 years.
            ``(C) For an eligible beneficiary who enrolls in the 
        demonstration project during the open enrollment period for the 
        year 2002, 3 years.
            ``(D) For an eligible beneficiary who enrolls in the 
        demonstration project during the open enrollment period for the 
        year 2003, 2 years.
            ``(E) For an eligible beneficiary who enrolls in the 
        demonstration project during the open enrollment period for the 
        year 2004, 1 year.''.
    (e) Use of Military Medical Treatment Facilities.--Subsection (e) 
of such section is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Prohibition Against'';
            (2) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``Covered beneficiaries'';
            (3) by striking ``eligible'' and inserting ``ineligible'';
            (4) by inserting ``as a result of participating in the 
        project'' after ``facility'';
            (5) by striking ``or'' and inserting ``but shall not be 
        eligible''; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) A military medical treatment facility that provides health 
care to a covered beneficiary enrolled in the demonstration project 
shall be reimbursed for the cost of providing such health care by the 
applicable health benefits plan under the Federal Employees Health 
Benefits program.''.
    (f) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Such section is further amended--
            (A) by redesignating subsections (d) through (l) as 
        subsections (c) through (k), respectively;
            (B) in paragraph (1) of subsection (i) (as redesignated by 
        paragraph (1)), by striking ``December 31, 2002'' and inserting 
        ``December 31, 2004''; and
            (C) in subsection (j) (as redesignated by paragraph (1))--
                    (i) by striking ``December 31, 2002'' and inserting 
                ``December 31, 2004''; and
                    (ii) by striking ``subsection (j)(2)'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (i)(2)''.
    (2) Section 8906 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ``subsection (i)'' 
        and inserting ``subsection (h)''; and
            (B) in subsection (g)(3), by striking ``subsection (i)'' 
        and inserting ``subsection (h)''.
    (3) Section 724 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 
2069) is amended by striking ``subjection (j)'' and inserting 
``subsection (i)''.
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