[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1500 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1500

  To ensure that certain TRICARE program beneficiaries may enroll in 
      TRICARE Prime regardless of the location of their residence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 2015

 Mr. Kline (for himself, Mr. Latta, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, 
  Mr. Emmer of Minnesota, and Mr. Peterson) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To ensure that certain TRICARE program beneficiaries may enroll in 
      TRICARE Prime regardless of the location of their residence.

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

SECTION 1. ACCESS TO TRICARE PRIME FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES.

    (a) Clarification of 100-Mile Limit.--Section 732(c)(3) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (10 U.S.C. 
1097a note) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Residence at time of election.--
                    ``(A) Except as provided by subparagraph (B), an 
                affected eligible beneficiary may not make the one-time 
                election under paragraph (1) if, at the time of such 
                election, the beneficiary does not reside--
                            ``(i) in a ZIP code that is in a region 
                        described in subsection (d)(1)(B); and
                            ``(ii) within 100 miles of a military 
                        medical treatment facility.
                    ``(B) Subparagraph (A)(ii) shall not apply with 
                respect to an affected eligible beneficiary who, as of 
                December 25, 2013, resides farther than 100 miles from 
                a military medical treatment facility.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66).
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