[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5822-S5823]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6316. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. 706. CONTRACEPTION COVERAGE PARITY UNDER THE TRICARE 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) Pharmacy Benefits Program.--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), (B), and (C), 
     cost-sharing requirements may not be imposed and cost-sharing 
     amounts may not be collected with respect to any eligible 
     covered beneficiary for any prescription contraceptive on the 
     uniform formulary provided through a retail pharmacy 
     described in paragraph (2)(E)(ii) or through the national 
     mail-order pharmacy program.''.

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       (b) TRICARE Select.--Section 1075 of such title is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(4)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     section, cost-sharing requirements may not be imposed and 
     cost-sharing amounts may not be collected with respect to any 
     beneficiary under this section for a service described in 
     subparagraph (B) that is provided by a network provider.
       ``(B) A service described in this subparagraph is any 
     method of contraception approved by the Food and Drug 
     Administration, any contraceptive care (including with 
     respect to insertion, removal, and follow up), any 
     sterilization procedure, or any patient education or 
     counseling service provided in connection with any such 
     method, care, or procedure.''; and
       (2) in subsection (f), by striking ``calculated as'' and 
     inserting ``calculated (except as provided in subsection 
     (c)(4)) as''.
       (c) TRICARE Prime.--Section 1075a of such title is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) Prohibition on Cost-sharing for Certain Services.--
     (1) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), cost-
     sharing requirements may not be imposed and cost-sharing 
     amounts may not be collected with respect to any beneficiary 
     enrolled in TRICARE Prime for a service described in 
     paragraph (2) that is provided under TRICARE Prime.
       ``(2) A service described in this paragraph is any method 
     of contraception approved by the Food and Drug 
     Administration, any contraceptive care (including with 
     respect to insertion, removal, and follow up), any 
     sterilization procedure, or any patient education or 
     counseling service provided in connection with any such 
     method, care, or procedure.''.
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