To ensure that members of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces are treated equitably in the provision of health care benefits under TRICARE and otherwise under the Defense Health Program.
What it does: Adds Sec. 316. (a) Section 1074a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: wherever appropriate
Sen. Thomas A. Daschle (D-SD)What it changes
1 change to S. 1689
Adds Sec. 316. (a) Section 1074a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: Sec. 316. (a) Section 1074a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
Inserted: "(f)(1) At any time after the Secretary concerned notifies members of the Ready Reserve that the members are to be called or ordered to active duty, the administering Secretaries may provide to each such member any medical and dental screening and care that is necessary to ensure that the member meets the applicable medical and dental standards for deployment.
Inserted: "(2) The Secretary concerned shall promptly transmit to each member of the Ready Reserve eligible for screening and care under this subsection a notification of eligibility for such screening and care.
Inserted: "(3) A member provided medical or dental screening or care under paragraph (1) may not be charged for the screening or care.
Inserted: "(4) Screening and care may not be provided under this section after September 30, 2004.".
Inserted: (b) The benefits provided under the amendment made by subsection (a) shall be provided only within funds available under this Act.
Inserted: Sec. 317. (a) Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1076a the following new section:
Inserted: "Sec. 1076b. TRICARE program: coverage for members of the Ready Reserve
Inserted: "(a) Eligibility.--Each member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve and each member of the Individual Ready Reserve described in section 10144(b) of this title is eligible, subject to subsection (h), to enroll in TRICARE and receive benefits under such enrollment for any period that the member--
Inserted: "(1) is an eligible unemployment compensation recipient; or
Inserted: "(2) is not eligible for health care benefits under an employer-sponsored health benefits plan.
Inserted: "(b) Types of Coverage.--(1) A member eligible under subsection (a) may enroll for either of the following types of coverage:
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Inserted: "(A) Self alone coverage.
Inserted: "(B) Self and family coverage.
Inserted: "(2) An enrollment by a member for self and family covers the member and the dependents of the member who are described in subparagraph (A), (D), or (I) of section 1072(2) of this title.
Inserted: "(c) Open Enrollment Periods.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide for at least one open enrollment period each year. During an open enrollment period, a member eligible under subsection (a) may enroll in the TRICARE program or change or terminate an enrollment in the TRICARE program.
Inserted: "(d) Scope of Care.--(1) A member and the dependents of a member enrolled in the TRICARE program under this section shall be entitled to the same benefits under this chapter as a member of the uniformed services on active duty or a dependent of such a member, respectively.
Inserted: "(2) Section 1074(c) of this title shall apply with respect to a member enrolled in the TRICARE program under this section.
Inserted: "(e) Premiums.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall charge premiums for coverage pursuant to enrollments under this section. The Secretary shall prescribe for each of the TRICARE program options a premium for self alone coverage and a premium for self and family coverage.
Inserted: "(2) The monthly amount of the premium in effect for a month for a type of coverage under this section shall be the amount equal to 28 percent of the total amount determined by the Secretary on an appropriate actuarial basis as being reasonable for the coverage.
Inserted: "(3) The premiums payable by a member under this subsection may be deducted and withheld from basic pay payable to the member under section 204 of title 37 or from compensation payable to the member under section 206 of such title. The Secretary shall prescribe the requirements and procedures applicable to the payment of premiums by members not entitled to such basic pay or compensation.
Inserted: "(4) Amounts collected as premiums under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation available for the Defense Health Program Account under section 1100 of this title, shall be merged with sums in such Account that are available for the fiscal year in which collected, and shall be available under subparagraph (B) of such section for such fiscal year.
Inserted: "(f) Other Charges.--A person who receives health care pursuant to an enrollment in a TRICARE program option under this section, including a member who receives such health care, shall be subject to the same deductibles, copayments, and other nonpremium charges for health care as apply under this chapter for health care provided under the same TRICARE program option to dependents described in subparagraph (A), (D), or (I) of section 1072(2) of this title.
Inserted: "(g) Termination of Enrollment.--(1) A member enrolled in the TRICARE program under this section may terminate the enrollment only during an open enrollment period provided under subsection (c), except as provided in subsection (h).
Inserted: "(2) An enrollment of a member for self alone or for self and family under this section shall terminate on the first day of the first month beginning after the date on which the member ceases to be eligible under subsection (a).
Inserted: "(3) The enrollment of a member under this section may be terminated on the basis of failure to pay the premium charged the member under this section.
Inserted: "(h) Relationship to Transition TRICARE Coverage Upon Separation From Active Duty.--(1) A member may not enroll in the TRICARE program under this section while entitled to transitional health care under subsection (a) of section 1145 of this title or while authorized to receive health care under subsection (c) of such section.
Inserted: "(2) A member who enrolls in the TRICARE program under this section within 90 days after the date of the termination of the member's entitlement or eligibility to receive health care under subsection (a) or (c) of section 1145 of this title may terminate the enrollment at any time within one year after the date of the enrollment.
Inserted: "(i) Certification of Noncoverage by Other Health Benefits Plan.--The Secretary of Defense may require a member to submit any certification that the Secretary considers appropriate to substantiate the member's assertion that the member is not covered for health care benefits under any other health benefits plan.
Inserted: "(j) Eligible Unemployment Compensation Recipient Defined.--In this section, the term 'eligible unemployment compensation recipient' means, with respect to any month, any individual who is determined eligible for any day of such month for unemployment compensation under State law (as defined in section 205(9) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970), including Federal unemployment compensation laws administered through the State.
Inserted: "(k) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the other administering Secretaries, shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this section.
Inserted: "(l) Termination of Authority.--An enrollment in TRICARE under this section may not continue after September 30, 2004.".
Inserted: (b) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1076a the following new item:
Inserted: "1076b. TRICARE program: coverage for members of the Ready Reserve.".
Inserted: (c) The benefits provided under section 1076b of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall be provided only within funds available under this Act.
Inserted: Sec. 318. (a)(1) Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1078a the following new section:
Inserted: "Sec. 1078b. Continuation of non-TRICARE health benefits plan coverage for certain Reserves called or ordered to active duty and their dependents
Inserted: "(a) Payment of Premiums.--The Secretary concerned shall pay the applicable premium to continue in force any qualified health benefits plan coverage for an eligible reserve component member for the benefits coverage continuation period if timely elected by the member in accordance with regulations prescribed under subsection (j).
Inserted: "(b) Eligible Member.--A member of a reserve component is eligible for payment of the applicable premium for continuation of qualified health benefits plan coverage under subsection (a) while serving on active duty pursuant to a call or order issued under a provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of this title during a war or national emergency declared by the President or Congress.
Inserted: "(c) Qualified Health Benefits Plan Coverage.--For the purposes of this section, health benefits plan coverage for a member called or ordered to active duty is qualified health benefits plan coverage if--
Inserted: "(1) the coverage was in force on the date on which the Secretary notified the member that issuance of the call or order was pending or, if no such notification was provided, the date of the call or order;
Inserted: "(2) on such date, the coverage applied to the member and dependents of the member described in subparagraph (A), (D), or (I) of section 1072(2) of this title; and
Inserted: "(3) the coverage has not lapsed.
Inserted: "(d) Applicable Premium.--The applicable premium payable under this section for continuation of health benefits plan coverage in the case of a member is the amount of the premium payable by the member for the coverage of the member and dependents.
Inserted: "(e) Maximum Amount.--The total amount that the Department of Defense may pay for the applicable premium of a health benefits plan for a member under this section in a fiscal year may not exceed the amount determined by multiplying--
Inserted: "(1) the sum of one plus the number of the member's dependents covered by the health benefits plan, by
Inserted: "(2) the per capita cost of providing TRICARE coverage and benefits for dependents under this chapter for such fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
Inserted: "(f) Benefits Coverage Continuation Period.--The benefits coverage continuation period under this section for qualified health benefits plan coverage in the case of a member called or ordered to active duty is the period that--
Inserted: "(1) begins on the date of the call or order; and
Inserted: "(2) ends on the earlier of--
Inserted: "(A) the date on which the member's eligibility for transitional health care under section 1145(a) of this title terminates under paragraph (3) of such section;
Inserted: "(B) the date on which the member elects to terminate the continued qualified health benefits plan coverage of the dependents of the member; or
Inserted: "(C) September 30, 2004.
Inserted: "(g) Extension of Period of COBRA Coverage.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
Inserted: "(1) any period of coverage under a COBRA continuation provision (as defined in section 9832(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for a member under this section shall be deemed to be equal to the benefits coverage continuation period for such member under this section; and
Inserted: "(2) with respect to the election of any period of coverage under a COBRA continuation provision (as so defined), rules similar to the rules under section 4980B(f)(5)(C) of such Code shall apply.
Inserted: "(h) Nonduplication of Benefits.--A dependent of a member who is eligible for benefits under qualified health benefits plan coverage paid on behalf of a member by the Secretary concerned under this section is not eligible for benefits under the TRICARE program during a period of the coverage for which so paid.
Inserted: "(i) Revocability of Election.--A member who makes an election under subsection (a) may revoke the election. Upon such a revocation, the member's dependents shall become eligible for benefits under the TRICARE program as provided for under this chapter.
Inserted: "(j) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations for carrying out this section. The regulations shall include such requirements for making an election of payment of applicable premiums as the Secretary considers appropriate.".
Inserted: (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1078a the following new item:
Inserted: "1078b. Continuation of non-TRICARE health benefits plan coverage for certain Reserves called or ordered to active duty and their dependents.".
Inserted: (b) Section 1078b of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall apply with respect to calls or orders of members of reserve components of the Armed Forces to active duty as described in subsection (b) of such section, that are issued by the Secretary of a military department before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act, but only with respect to qualified health benefits plan coverage (as described in subsection (c) of such section) that is in effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Inserted: (c) The benefits provided under section 1078b of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall be provided only within funds available under this Act.
Inserted: Sec. 319. (a) Section 1074 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
Inserted: "(d)(1) For the purposes of this chapter, a member of a reserve component of the armed forces who is issued a delayed-effective-date active-duty order, or is covered by such an order, shall be treated as being on active duty for a period of more than 30 days beginning on the later of the date that is--
Inserted: "(A) the date of the issuance of such order; or
Inserted: "(B) 90 days before date on which the period of active duty is to commence under such order for that member.
Inserted: "(2) In this subsection, the term 'delayed-effective-date active-duty order' means an order to active duty for a period of more than 30 days in support of a contingency operation under a provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of this title that provides for active-duty service to begin under such order on a date after the date of the issuance of the order.
Inserted: "(3) This section shall cease to be effective on September 30, 2004.".
Inserted: (b) The benefits provided under the amendment made by subsection (a) shall be provided only within funds available under this Act.
Inserted: Sec. 320. (a) Subject to subsection (b), during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2004, section 1145(a) of title 10, United States Code, shall be administered by substituting for paragraph (3) the following:
Inserted: "(3) Transitional health care for a member under subsection (a) shall be available for 180 days beginning on the date on which the member is separated from active duty.".
Inserted: (b)(1) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to separations from active duty that take effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Inserted: (2) Beginning on October 1, 2004, the period for which a member is provided transitional health care benefits under section 1145(a) of title 10, United States Code, shall be adjusted as necessary to comply with the limits provided under paragraph (3) of such section.
Inserted: (c) The benefits provided under this section shall be provided only within funds available under this Act.
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SA 1816. Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Graham of South Carolina, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Bond, Mr. Burns, Mr. Warner, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Reid, and Mr. Allen) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1689, making emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security and reconstruction for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:
At the appropriate place insert the following:
Sec. 316. (a) Section 1074a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(f)(1) At any time after the Secretary concerned notifies members of the Ready Reserve that the members are to be called or ordered to active duty, the administering Secretaries may provide to each such member any medical and dental screening and care that is necessary to ensure that the member meets the applicable medical and dental standards for deployment.
“(2) The Secretary concerned shall promptly transmit to each member of the Ready Reserve eligible for screening and care under this subsection a notification of eligibility for such screening and care.
“(3) A member provided medical or dental screening or care under paragraph (1) may not be charged for the screening or care.
“(4) Screening and care may not be provided under this section after September 30, 2004.”.
(b) The benefits provided under the amendment made by subsection (a) shall be provided only within funds available under this Act.
Sec. 317. (a) Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1076a the following new section:
“Sec. 1076b. TRICARE program: coverage for members of the
Ready Reserve
“(a) Eligibility.--Each member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve and each member of the Individual Ready Reserve described in section 10144(b) of this title is eligible, subject to subsection (h), to enroll in TRICARE and receive benefits under such enrollment for any period that the member--
“(1) is an eligible unemployment compensation recipient; or
“(2) is not eligible for health care benefits under an employer-sponsored health benefits plan.
“(b) Types of Coverage.--(1) A member eligible under subsection (a) may enroll for either of the following types of coverage:
“(A) Self alone coverage.
“(B) Self and family coverage.
“(2) An enrollment by a member for self and family covers the member and the dependents of the member who are described in subparagraph (A), (D), or (I) of section 1072(2) of this title.
“(c) Open Enrollment Periods.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide for at least one open enrollment period each year. During an open enrollment period, a member eligible under subsection (a) may enroll in the TRICARE program or change or terminate an enrollment in the TRICARE program.
“(d) Scope of Care.--(1) A member and the dependents of a member enrolled in the TRICARE program under this section shall be entitled to the same benefits under this chapter as a member of the uniformed services on active duty or a dependent of such a member, respectively.
“(2) Section 1074(c) of this title shall apply with respect to a member enrolled in the TRICARE program under this section.
“(e) Premiums.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall charge premiums for coverage pursuant to enrollments under this section. The Secretary shall prescribe for each of the TRICARE program options a premium for self alone coverage and a premium for self and family coverage.
“(2) The monthly amount of the premium in effect for a month for a type of coverage under this section shall be the amount equal to 28 percent of the total amount determined by the Secretary on an appropriate actuarial basis as being reasonable for the coverage.
“(3) The premiums payable by a member under this subsection may be deducted and withheld from basic pay payable to the member under section 204 of title 37 or from compensation payable to the member under section 206 of such title. The Secretary shall prescribe the requirements and procedures applicable to the payment of premiums by members not entitled to such basic pay or compensation.
“(4) Amounts collected as premiums under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation available for the Defense Health Program Account under section 1100 of this title, shall be merged with sums in such Account that are available for the fiscal year in which collected, and shall be available under subparagraph (B) of such section for such fiscal year.
“(f) Other Charges.--A person who receives health care pursuant to an enrollment in a TRICARE program option under this section, including a member who receives such health care, shall be subject to the same deductibles, copayments, and other nonpremium charges for health care as apply under this chapter for health care provided under the same TRICARE program option to dependents described in subparagraph (A), (D), or (I) of section 1072(2) of this title.
“(g) Termination of Enrollment.--(1) A member enrolled in the TRICARE program under this section may terminate the enrollment only during an open enrollment period provided under subsection (c), except as provided in subsection (h).
“(2) An enrollment of a member for self alone or for self and family under this section shall terminate on the first day of the first month beginning after the date on which the member ceases to be eligible under subsection (a).
“(3) The enrollment of a member under this section may be terminated on the basis of failure to pay the premium charged the member under this section.
“(h) Relationship to Transition TRICARE Coverage Upon Separation From Active Duty.--(1) A member may not enroll in the TRICARE program under this section while entitled to transitional health care under subsection (a) of section 1145 of this title or while authorized to receive health care under subsection (c) of such section.
“(2) A member who enrolls in the TRICARE program under this section within 90 days after the date of the termination of the member's entitlement or eligibility to receive health care under subsection (a) or (c) of section 1145 of this title may terminate the enrollment at any time within one year after the date of the enrollment.
“(i) Certification of Noncoverage by Other Health Benefits Plan.--The Secretary of Defense may require a member to submit any certification that the Secretary considers appropriate to substantiate the member's assertion that the member is not covered for health care benefits under any other health benefits plan.
“(j) Eligible Unemployment Compensation Recipient Defined.--In this section, the term ‘eligible unemployment compensation recipient' means, with respect to any month, any individual who is determined eligible for any day of such month for unemployment compensation under State law (as defined in section 205(9) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970), including Federal unemployment compensation laws administered through the State.
“(k) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the other administering Secretaries, shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this section.
“(l) Termination of Authority.--An enrollment in TRICARE under this section may not continue after September 30, 2004.”.
(b) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1076a the following new item:
“1076b. TRICARE program: coverage for members of the Ready Reserve.”.
(c) The benefits provided under section 1076b of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall be provided only within funds available under this Act.
Sec. 318. (a)(1) Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1078a the following new section:
“Sec. 1078b. Continuation of non-TRICARE health benefits
plan coverage for certain Reserves called or ordered to
active duty and their dependents
“(a) Payment of Premiums.--The Secretary concerned shall pay the applicable premium to continue in force any qualified health benefits plan coverage for an eligible reserve component member for the benefits coverage continuation period if timely elected by the member in accordance with regulations prescribed under subsection (j).
“(b) Eligible Member.--A member of a reserve component is eligible for payment of the applicable premium for continuation of qualified health benefits plan coverage under subsection (a) while serving on active duty pursuant to a call or order issued under a provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of this title during a war or national emergency declared by the President or Congress.
“(c) Qualified Health Benefits Plan Coverage.--For the purposes of this section, health benefits plan coverage for a member called or ordered to active duty is qualified health benefits plan coverage if--
“(1) the coverage was in force on the date on which the Secretary notified the member that issuance of the call or order was pending or, if no such notification was provided, the date of the call or order;
“(2) on such date, the coverage applied to the member and dependents of the member described in subparagraph (A), (D), or (I) of section 1072(2) of this title; and
“(3) the coverage has not lapsed.
“(d) Applicable Premium.--The applicable premium payable under this section for continuation of health benefits plan coverage in the case of a member is the amount of the premium payable by the member for the coverage of the member and dependents.
“(e) Maximum Amount.--The total amount that the Department of Defense may pay for the applicable premium of a health benefits plan for a member under this section in a fiscal year may not exceed the amount determined by multiplying--
“(1) the sum of one plus the number of the member's dependents covered by the health benefits plan, by
“(2) the per capita cost of providing TRICARE coverage and benefits for dependents under this chapter for such fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
“(f) Benefits Coverage Continuation Period.--The benefits coverage continuation period under this section for qualified health benefits plan coverage in the case of a member called or ordered to active duty is the period that--
“(1) begins on the date of the call or order; and
“(2) ends on the earlier of--
“(A) the date on which the member's eligibility for transitional health care under section 1145(a) of this title terminates under paragraph (3) of such section;
“(B) the date on which the member elects to terminate the continued qualified health benefits plan coverage of the dependents of the member; or
“(C) September 30, 2004.
“(g) Extension of Period of COBRA Coverage.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
“(1) any period of coverage under a COBRA continuation provision (as defined in section 9832(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for a member under this section shall be deemed to be equal to the benefits coverage continuation period for such member under this section; and
“(2) with respect to the election of any period of coverage under a COBRA continuation provision (as so defined), rules similar to the rules under section 4980B(f)(5)(C) of such Code shall apply.
“(h) Nonduplication of Benefits.--A dependent of a member who is eligible for benefits under qualified health benefits plan coverage paid on behalf of a member by the Secretary concerned under this section is not eligible for benefits under the TRICARE program during a period of the coverage for which so paid.
“(i) Revocability of Election.--A member who makes an election under subsection (a) may revoke the election. Upon such a revocation, the member's dependents shall become eligible for benefits under the TRICARE program as provided for under this chapter.
“(j) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations for carrying out this section. The regulations shall include such requirements for making an election of payment of applicable premiums as the Secretary considers appropriate.”.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1078a the following new item:
“1078b. Continuation of non-TRICARE health benefits plan coverage for certain Reserves called or ordered to active duty and their dependents.”.
(b) Section 1078b of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall apply with respect to calls or orders of members of reserve components of the Armed Forces to active duty as described in subsection (b) of such section, that are issued by the Secretary of a military department before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act, but only with respect to qualified health benefits plan coverage (as described in subsection (c) of such section) that is in effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) The benefits provided under section 1078b of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall be provided only within funds available under this Act.
Sec. 319. (a) Section 1074 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(d)(1) For the purposes of this chapter, a member of a reserve component of the armed forces who is issued a delayed-effective-date active-duty order, or is covered by such an order, shall be treated as being on active duty for a period of more than 30 days beginning on the later of the date that is--
“(A) the date of the issuance of such order; or
“(B) 90 days before date on which the period of active duty is to commence under such order for that member.
“(2) In this subsection, the term ‘delayed-effective-date active-duty order' means an order to active duty for a period of more than 30 days in support of a contingency operation under a provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of this title that provides for active-duty service to begin under such order on a date after the date of the issuance of the order.
“(3) This section shall cease to be effective on September 30, 2004.”.
(b) The benefits provided under the amendment made by subsection (a) shall be provided only within funds available under this Act.
Sec. 320. (a) Subject to subsection (b), during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2004, section 1145(a) of title 10, United States Code, shall be administered by substituting for paragraph (3) the following:
“(3) Transitional health care for a member under subsection (a) shall be available for 180 days beginning on the date on which the member is separated from active duty.”.
(b)(1) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to separations from active duty that take effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Beginning on October 1, 2004, the period for which a member is provided transitional health care benefits under section 1145(a) of title 10, United States Code, shall be adjusted as necessary to comply with the limits provided under paragraph (3) of such section.
(c) The benefits provided under this section shall be provided only within funds available under this Act.
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Senate amendment submitted
October 2, 2003
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1816 proposed by Senator Daschle.(consideration: CR S12356-12357)
October 2, 2003
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 1816 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
October 2, 2003
Amendment SA 1816 proposed by Senator Daschle. (consideration: CR S12356-12357) To ensure that members of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces are treated equitably in the provision of health care benefits under TRICARE and otherwise under the Defense Health Program.
October 2, 2003
Amendment SA 1816 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
October 2, 2003