[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 392. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
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 A of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON INCREASE IN COST-SHARING 
                   REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE TRICARE PHARMACY 
                   BENEFITS PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES 
                   UNTIL THE COMMENCEMENT OF A PILOT PROGRAM ON 
                   PRESCRIPTION DRUG ACQUISITION COST PARITY.

       Section 1074g(a)(6) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(D) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B), the cost-
     sharing amounts under this subsection for an eligible covered 
     beneficiary who resides more than 40 miles from the nearest 
     military medical treatment facility shall be equal to the 
     cost-sharing amounts, if any, for 2017 until the date on 
     which the Secretary of Defense commences the conduct of the 
     pilot program on prescription drug acquisition cost parity in 
     the TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits Program authorized by section 
     743 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2017 (Public Law 114-328; 10 U.S.C. 1074g note).''.
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