[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1096 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1096

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 2001

  Ms. Collins (for herself and Ms. Landrieu) introduced the following 
   bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To eliminate the requirement that certain covered beneficiaries under 
 chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Spouse Physician Choice 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN NONAVAILABILITY-OF-HEALTH-
              CARE STATEMENT IN CASES OF PREGNANCY.

    (a) Elimination of Requirement.--Section 1080(b) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended 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; 114 Stat. 
1654A-446) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, or with respect to 
        obstetrics and gynecological care related to the pregnancy of 
        such a beneficiary who is enrolled in 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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