S.Amdt. 1652

SA 1652. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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 title VII, add the following:

Subtitle D--Improvement of Health Care for Women Members of the Armed
Forces

SEC. 741. CONTRACEPTION COVERAGE PARITY UNDER THE TRICARE
PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Section 1074d of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``for Members and
Former Members'' after ``Services Available'';
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (d); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new
subsections:
``(b) Care Related to Prevention of Pregnancy.--Female
covered beneficiaries shall be entitled to care related to
the prevention of pregnancy described by subsection (d)(3).
``(c) Prohibition on Cost-sharing for Certain Services.--
Notwithstanding section 1074g(a)(6) of this title or any
other provision of law, cost-sharing may not be imposed or
collected for care related to the prevention of pregnancy
provided pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), including for any
method of contraception provided, whether provided through a
facility of the uniformed services, the TRICARE retail
pharmacy program, or the national mail-order pharmacy
program.''.
(b) Care Related to Prevention of Pregnancy.--Subsection
(d)(3) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)
of this section, is further amended by inserting before the
period at the end the following: ``(including all methods of
contraception approved by the Food and Drug Administration,
sterilization procedures, and patient education and
counseling in connection therewith)''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1077(a)(13) of such
title is amended by striking ``section 1074d(b)'' and
inserting ``section 1074d(d)''.

SEC. 742. ACCESS TO BROAD RANGE OF METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION
APPROVED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND MILITARY
DEPENDENTS AT MILITARY TREATMENT FACILITIES.

(a) In General.--Commencing not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall ensure that every military treatment facility
has a sufficient stock of a broad range of methods of
contraception approved by the Food and Drug Administration,
as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Office of Population Affairs of the
Department of Health and Human Services, to be able to
dispense at any time any such method of contraception to any
women members of the Armed Forces and female covered
beneficiaries who receive care through such facility.
(b) Covered Beneficiary Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered beneficiary'' has the meaning given that term in
section 1072(5) of title 10, United States Code.

SEC. 743. PREGNANCY PREVENTION ASSISTANCE AT MILITARY
TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR WOMEN WHO ARE SEXUAL
ASSAULT SURVIVORS.

(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to provide in
statute, and to enhance, existing regulations that require
health care providers at military treatment facilities to
consult with survivors of sexual assault once clinically
stable regarding options for emergency contraception and any
necessary follow-up care, including the provision of the
emergency contraception.
(b) In General.--The assistance specified in subsection (c)
shall be provided at every military treatment facility to the
following:
(1) Any woman who presents at a military treatment facility
and states to personnel of the facility that she is a victim
of sexual assault or is accompanied by another individual who
states that the woman is a victim of sexual assault.
(2) Any woman who presents at a military treatment facility
and is reasonably believed by personnel of such facility to
be a survivor of sexual assault.
(c) Assistance.--
(1) In general.--The assistance specified in this
subsection shall include the following:
(A) The prompt provision by appropriate staff of the
military treatment facility of comprehensive, medically and
factually accurate, and unbiased written and oral information
about all methods of emergency contraception approved by the
Food and Drug Administration.
(B) The prompt provision by such staff of emergency
contraception to a woman upon her request.
(C) Notification to the woman of her right to
confidentiality in the receipt of care and services pursuant
to this section.
(2) Nature of information.--The information provided
pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) shall be provided in language
that is clear and concise, is readily comprehensible, and
meets such conditions (including conditions regarding the
provision of information in languages other than English) as
the Secretary may provide in the regulations under this
section.
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