[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1630. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1085. REQUIREMENT TO CONTACT CERTAIN TRICARE PROVIDERS 
                   TO DETERMINE INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN 
                   CHOICE PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
                   AFFAIRS.

       (a) Submittal of List.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs a list of all 
     health care providers who participate in the TRICARE program 
     and who are not health care providers of the Department of 
     Defense.
       (2) Update.--Not less frequently than twice each year after 
     the submittal of the list under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     an update to such list.
       (b) Determination of Interest in Participation.--The 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall contact each provider 
     included in the list submitted under paragraph (1) or any 
     update to such list submitted under paragraph (2) to 
     determine whether any such provider would be interested in 
     furnishing care to veterans under section 101 of the Veterans 
     Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 
     113-146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note).
       (c) TRICARE Program Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``TRICARE program'' has the meaning given that term in 
     section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.
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