[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1343 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1343

To require reimbursement for non-TRICARE health insurance premiums paid 
by certain members of reserve components during the period the members 
                were not eligible for TRICARE coverage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2005

 Ms. Herseth (for herself, Mr. Ross, Mr. Ford, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Payne, 
 Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Hastings of Florida) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require reimbursement for non-TRICARE health insurance premiums paid 
by certain members of reserve components during the period the members 
                were not eligible for TRICARE coverage.

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

SECTION 1. REIMBURSEMENT FOR NON-TRICARE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS PAID 
              BY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS DURING PERIOD 
              NOT ELIGIBLE FOR TRICARE COVERAGE.

    Section 701 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375; 118 Stat. 1980) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Reimbursement for Non-TRICARE Health Insurance Premiums Paid 
by Certain Members of Reserve Components During Period not Eligible for 
Certain TRICARE Coverage.--
            ``(1) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
        reimburse any member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces 
        who enters into an agreement described in section 1076d(a)(2) 
        of title 10, United States Code, pursuant to subsection 
        (b)(2)(A) of this section, in the amount and for the period 
        described in paragraphs (2) and (3).
            ``(2) Amount.--The amount that a member of a reserve 
        component may be reimbursed under paragraph (1) is--
                    ``(A) the amount (if any) paid by the member for 
                health insurance premiums during the period described 
                in paragraph (3), reduced by
                    ``(B) the amount the member would have paid in 
                premiums for TRICARE Standard for coverage of the same 
                persons during the same period if the member had been 
                covered by TRICARE Standard under section 1976d of 
                title 10, United States Code.
            ``(3) Period of reimbursement.--The period for which a 
        member of a reserve component may be reimbursed under paragraph 
        (1) is the period--
                    ``(A) beginning on the date of the expiration of 
                the member's entitlement to care and benefits under 
                section 1145(a) of title 10, United States Code, as 
                described in section 1076d of such title; and
                    ``(B) ending on the date when TRICARE Standard 
                coverage begins pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A) of 
                this section.''.
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