S.Amdt. 2324

SA 2324. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 D of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 735. TRICARE COVERAGE FOR INCREASED SUPPLY OF
CONTRACEPTION.

(a) In General.--Beginning not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of the Act, contraceptive supplies
of up to 365 days shall be covered under the TRICARE program
as follows:
(1) Coverage shall be provided for any eligible covered
beneficiary to obtain, including in a single fill or refill,
at the option of such beneficiary, the total days of supply
(not to exceed a 365-day supply) for a contraceptive on the
uniform formulary provided through a pharmacy at a military
medical treatment facility, a retail pharmacy described in
section 1074g(a)(2)(E)(ii) of title 10, United States Code,
or through the national mail-order pharmacy program of the
TRICARE program.
(2) Coverage shall be provided for the total days supply
(not to exceed a 365-day supply) of contraception, including
in a single fill or refill, at the option of an eligible
covered beneficiary, for a contraceptive that is provided by
a network provider under the TRICARE program to such
beneficiary, excluding--
(A) a member of the Coast Guard; or
(B) an individual who is a beneficiary because such
individual is a dependent of a member of the Coast Guard.
(3) Coverage shall be provided for the total days supply
(not to exceed a 365-day supply) of contraception, including
in a single fill or refill, at the option of an eligible
covered beneficiary, for a contraceptive that is provided
under TRICARE Prime to any such beneficiary, excluding--
(A) a member of the Coast Guard; or
(B) an individual who is a beneficiary because such
individual is a dependent of a member of the Coast Guard.
(b) Outreach.--Beginning not later than 90 days after the
implementation of coverage under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall conduct such outreach activities as are
necessary to inform health care providers and individuals who
are enrolled in the TRICARE program of such coverage and the
requirements to receive such coverage.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Eligible covered beneficiary.--The term ``eligible
covered beneficiary'' has the meaning given that term in
section 1074g(i) of title 10, United States Code, excluding--
(A) a member of the Coast Guard, the commissioned corps of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the
commissioned corps of the Public Health Service; or
(B) an individual who is an eligible covered beneficiary
because such individual is a dependent of a member described
in subparagraph (A).
(2) TRICARE program; tricare prime.--The terms ``TRICARE
program'' and ``TRICARE Prime'' have the meanings given those
terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.
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