[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2619 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2619

To waive copayments and deductibles for military personnel who qualify 
  for TRICARE and use other health insurance as their primary form of 
                               coverage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2005

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To waive copayments and deductibles for military personnel who qualify 
  for TRICARE and use other health insurance as their primary form of 
                               coverage.

    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 ``TRICARE Equity Act''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF COPAYMENTS AND DEDUCTIBLES FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF 
              UNIFORMED SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Any member or former member of a uniformed 
service, or dependent of such a member, who is eligible for health 
benefits under the TRICARE program under chapter 55 of title 10, United 
States Code, and who has another insurance plan or program that 
provides primary coverage for health benefits shall not be required to 
pay any copayment or annual deductible under the TRICARE program.
    (b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
regulations to carry out subsection (a).
    (c) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to 
health benefits provided after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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