[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3796]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1652. Mrs. SHAHEEN 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 title VII, add the following:

 Subtitle D--Improvement of Health Care for Women Members of the Armed 
                                 Forces

     SEC. 741. CONTRACEPTION COVERAGE PARITY UNDER THE TRICARE 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Section 1074d of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``for Members and 
     Former Members'' after ``Services Available'';
       (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (d); and
       (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsections:
       ``(b) Care Related to Prevention of Pregnancy.--Female 
     covered beneficiaries shall be entitled to care related to 
     the prevention of pregnancy described by subsection (d)(3).
       ``(c) Prohibition on Cost-sharing for Certain Services.--
     Notwithstanding section 1074g(a)(6) of this title or any 
     other provision of law, cost-sharing may not be imposed or 
     collected for care related to the prevention of pregnancy 
     provided pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), including for any 
     method of contraception provided, whether provided through a 
     facility of the uniformed services, the TRICARE retail 
     pharmacy program, or the national mail-order pharmacy 
     program.''.
       (b) Care Related to Prevention of Pregnancy.--Subsection 
     (d)(3) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(2) 
     of this section, is further amended by inserting before the 
     period at the end the following: ``(including all methods of 
     contraception approved by the Food and Drug Administration, 
     sterilization procedures, and patient education and 
     counseling in connection therewith)''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1077(a)(13) of such 
     title is amended by striking ``section 1074d(b)'' and 
     inserting ``section 1074d(d)''.

     SEC. 742. ACCESS TO BROAD RANGE OF METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION 
                   APPROVED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
                   FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND MILITARY 
                   DEPENDENTS AT MILITARY TREATMENT FACILITIES.

       (a) In General.--Commencing not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall ensure that every military treatment facility 
     has a sufficient stock of a broad range of methods of 
     contraception approved by the Food and Drug Administration, 
     as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention and the Office of Population Affairs of the 
     Department of Health and Human Services, to be able to 
     dispense at any time any such method of contraception to any 
     women members of the Armed Forces and female covered 
     beneficiaries who receive care through such facility.
       (b) Covered Beneficiary Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``covered beneficiary'' has the meaning given that term in 
     section 1072(5) of title 10, United States Code.

     SEC. 743. PREGNANCY PREVENTION ASSISTANCE AT MILITARY 
                   TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR WOMEN WHO ARE SEXUAL 
                   ASSAULT SURVIVORS.

       (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to provide in 
     statute, and to enhance, existing regulations that require 
     health care providers at military treatment facilities to 
     consult with survivors of sexual assault once clinically 
     stable regarding options for emergency contraception and any 
     necessary follow-up care, including the provision of the 
     emergency contraception.
       (b) In General.--The assistance specified in subsection (c) 
     shall be provided at every military treatment facility to the 
     following:
       (1) Any woman who presents at a military treatment facility 
     and states to personnel of the facility that she is a victim 
     of sexual assault or is accompanied by another individual who 
     states that the woman is a victim of sexual assault.
       (2) Any woman who presents at a military treatment facility 
     and is reasonably believed by personnel of such facility to 
     be a survivor of sexual assault.
       (c) Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--The assistance specified in this 
     subsection shall include the following:
       (A) The prompt provision by appropriate staff of the 
     military treatment facility of comprehensive, medically and 
     factually accurate, and unbiased written and oral information 
     about all methods of emergency contraception approved by the 
     Food and Drug Administration.
       (B) The prompt provision by such staff of emergency 
     contraception to a woman upon her request.
       (C) Notification to the woman of her right to 
     confidentiality in the receipt of care and services pursuant 
     to this section.
       (2) Nature of information.--The information provided 
     pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) shall be provided in language 
     that is clear and concise, is readily comprehensible, and 
     meets such conditions (including conditions regarding the 
     provision of information in languages other than English) as 
     the Secretary may provide in the regulations under this 
     section.
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