[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 102 (Wednesday, June 17, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2902]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5834. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 appropriate place in title VII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 7__. AUTHORIZATION FOR VIRTUAL FOLLOW-UP SPECIALTY CARE 
                   UNDER TRICARE PRIME ACROSS STATE LINES.

       Section 1094(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or (4)'' and inserting 
     ``(4), or (5)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(5) A health-care professional referred to in paragraph 
     (1) as being described in this paragraph is a health-care 
     professional who--
       ``(A) has provided specialty care to a patient under 
     TRICARE Prime in-person; and
       ``(B) is providing virtual follow-up specialty care under 
     TRICARE Prime to the patient while the patient is located in 
     an isolated location, as determined by the Secretary of 
     Defense.''.
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