[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 836 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 836

    To require the Secretary of Defense to take such actions as are 
     necessary to change the reimbursement rates and cost sharing 
requirements under the TRICARE program to be the same as, or as similar 
 as possible to, the reimbursement rates and cost sharing requirements 
   under the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Standard Plan provided under the 
 Federal Employee Health Benefit program under chapter 89 of title 5, 
                          United States Code.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require the Secretary of Defense to take such actions as are 
     necessary to change the reimbursement rates and cost sharing 
requirements under the TRICARE program to be the same as, or as similar 
 as possible to, the reimbursement rates and cost sharing requirements 
   under the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Standard Plan provided under the 
 Federal Employee Health Benefit program under chapter 89 of title 5, 
                          United States Code.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR TRICARE PROGRAM TO HAVE REIMBURSEMENT RULES 
              AND COST SHARING REQUIREMENTS EQUIVALENT TO BLUE CROSS/
              BLUE SHIELD STANDARD PLAN.

    (a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall take such actions 
as are necessary to change the reimbursement rules and cost sharing 
requirements under the TRICARE program to be the same as, or as similar 
as possible to, the reimbursement rules and cost sharing requirements 
under the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Standard Plan provided under the 
Federal Employee Health Benefit program under chapter 89 of title 5, 
United States Code.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``TRICARE program'' has 
the meaning provided under section 1072(7) of title 10, United States 
Code.
    (c) Implementation.--The Secretary of Defense shall implement the 
requirement under subsection (a) not later than October 1, 2006.
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