S.Amdt. 2377

SA 2377. Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Collins, and Mr.
Blumenthal) 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 A of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 710. TRICARE DENTAL FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE.

Section 1076a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the paragraph header, by striking ``selected reserve
and''; and
(ii) by striking ``for members of the Selected Reserve of
the Ready Reserve and'';
(B) in paragraph (2), in the header, by inserting
``individual ready'' after ``other''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(5) Plan for selected reserve.--A dental benefits plan
for members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve.'';
(2) in subsection (d)--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new
paragraph (3):
``(3) No premium plans.--(A) The dental benefits plan
established under subsection (a)(5) is a no premium plan.
``(B) Members enrolled in a no premium plan may not be
charged a premium for benefits provided under the plan.'';
(3) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ``a member of the
Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve or'';
(4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (l) as
subsections (g) through (m), respectively;
(5) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new
subsection (f):
``(f) Copayments Under No Premium Plans.--A member who
receives dental care under a no premium plan described in
subsection (d)(3) shall pay no charge for any care described
in subsection (c).''; and
(6) in subsection (i), as redesignated by paragraph (4), by
striking ``subsection (k)(2)'' and inserting ``subsection
(l)(2)''.
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