S.Amdt. 392

SA 392. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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 end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following:

SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON INCREASE IN COST-SHARING
REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE TRICARE PHARMACY
BENEFITS PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES
UNTIL THE COMMENCEMENT OF A PILOT PROGRAM ON
PRESCRIPTION DRUG ACQUISITION COST PARITY.

Section 1074g(a)(6) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(D) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B), the cost-
sharing amounts under this subsection for an eligible covered
beneficiary who resides more than 40 miles from the nearest
military medical treatment facility shall be equal to the
cost-sharing amounts, if any, for 2017 until the date on
which the Secretary of Defense commences the conduct of the
pilot program on prescription drug acquisition cost parity in
the TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits Program authorized by section
743 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2017 (Public Law 114-328; 10 U.S.C. 1074g note).''.
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