To expand the eligibility of members of the Selected Reserve under the TRICARE program.

1. Adds SEC. 705. EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY OF MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE UNDER THE TRICARE PROGRAM at the end of subtitle A of title VII

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   (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 7, 2001, and shall apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after that date.

   Inserted: SEC. 705. EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY OF MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE UNDER THE TRICARE PROGRAM.

   Inserted: (a) General Eligibility.--Subsection (a) of section 1076d of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by striking "(a) Eligibility.--A member" and inserting "(a) Eligibility.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a member";

   Inserted: (2) by striking "after the member completes" and all that follows through "one or more whole years following such date"; and

   Inserted: (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

   Inserted: "(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a member who is enrolled, or is eligible to enroll, in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5.".

   Inserted: (b) Condition for Termination of Eligibility.--Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking "(b) Period of Coverage.--(1) TRICARE Standard" and all that follows through "(3) Eligibility" and inserting "(b) Termination of Eligibility Upon Termination of Service.--Eligibility".

   Inserted: (c) Conforming Amendments.--

   Inserted: (1) Such section is further amended--

   Inserted: (A) by striking subsection (e); and

   Inserted: (B) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (e) and transferring such subsection within such section so as to appear following subsection (d).

   Inserted: (2) The heading for such section is amended to read as follows:

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   Inserted: "Sec. 1076d. TRICARE program: TRICARE Standard coverage for members of the Selected Reserve".

   Inserted: (d) Repeal of Obsolete Provision.--Section 1076b of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.

   Inserted: (e) Clerical Amendments.--The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by striking the item relating to section 1076b; and

   Inserted: (2) by striking the item relating to section 1076d and inserting the following:

   Inserted: "1076d. TRICARE program: TRICARE Standard coverage for members of the Selected Reserve.".

   Inserted: (f) Savings Provision.--Enrollments in TRICARE Standard that are in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act under section 1076d of title 10, United States Code, as in effect on such day, shall be continued until terminated after such day under such section 1076d as amended by this section.

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   At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following:

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