[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4662]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2324. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 D of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 735. TRICARE COVERAGE FOR INCREASED SUPPLY OF 
                   CONTRACEPTION.

       (a) In General.--Beginning not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of the Act, contraceptive supplies 
     of up to 365 days shall be covered under the TRICARE program 
     as follows:
       (1) Coverage shall be provided for any eligible covered 
     beneficiary to obtain, including in a single fill or refill, 
     at the option of such beneficiary, the total days of supply 
     (not to exceed a 365-day supply) for a contraceptive on the 
     uniform formulary provided through a pharmacy at a military 
     medical treatment facility, a retail pharmacy described in 
     section 1074g(a)(2)(E)(ii) of title 10, United States Code, 
     or through the national mail-order pharmacy program of the 
     TRICARE program.
       (2) Coverage shall be provided for the total days supply 
     (not to exceed a 365-day supply) of contraception, including 
     in a single fill or refill, at the option of an eligible 
     covered beneficiary, for a contraceptive that is provided by 
     a network provider under the TRICARE program to such 
     beneficiary, excluding--
       (A) a member of the Coast Guard; or
       (B) an individual who is a beneficiary because such 
     individual is a dependent of a member of the Coast Guard.
       (3) Coverage shall be provided for the total days supply 
     (not to exceed a 365-day supply) of contraception, including 
     in a single fill or refill, at the option of an eligible 
     covered beneficiary, for a contraceptive that is provided 
     under TRICARE Prime to any such beneficiary, excluding--
       (A) a member of the Coast Guard; or
       (B) an individual who is a beneficiary because such 
     individual is a dependent of a member of the Coast Guard.
       (b) Outreach.--Beginning not later than 90 days after the 
     implementation of coverage under subsection (a), the 
     Secretary shall conduct such outreach activities as are 
     necessary to inform health care providers and individuals who 
     are enrolled in the TRICARE program of such coverage and the 
     requirements to receive such coverage.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Eligible covered beneficiary.--The term ``eligible 
     covered beneficiary'' has the meaning given that term in 
     section 1074g(i) of title 10, United States Code, excluding--
       (A) a member of the Coast Guard, the commissioned corps of 
     the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the 
     commissioned corps of the Public Health Service; or
       (B) an individual who is an eligible covered beneficiary 
     because such individual is a dependent of a member described 
     in subparagraph (A).
       (2) TRICARE program; tricare prime.--The terms ``TRICARE 
     program'' and ``TRICARE Prime'' have the meanings given those 
     terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.
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