S.Amdt. 458

SA 458. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 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:

Strike section 705 and insert the following:

SEC. 705. SPECIFICATION THAT INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF 21
ARE ELIGIBLE FOR HOSPICE CARE SERVICES UNDER
THE TRICARE PROGRAM.

Section 1079(a)(15) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ``, except that hospice care may be provided to an
individual under the age of 21 concurrently with health care
services or hospitalization for the same condition.''.
______