S.Amdt. 2852

SA 2852. Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself, Mr. Bennet, and Mr. Kaine)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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. GENERAL TEMPORARY MILITARY CONTINGENCY PAYMENT
ADJUSTMENT FOR CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS.

(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide a
general temporary military contingency payment adjustment for
any children's hospital that--
(A) has 10 percent or more of its revenue come from the
TRICARE program for care of members of the Armed Forces on
active duty and their dependents;
(B) has 10,000 or more TRICARE program visits paid under
the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System for
members of the Armed Forces on active duty and their
dependents annually; and
(C) is determined by the Secretary to be essential for
TRICARE program operations.
(2) Criteria for determination.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of
the Defense Health Agency shall publish a list of criteria
that the Secretary shall use to determine whether a
children's hospital is essential for TRICARE program
operations under paragraph (1)(C).
(3) Definitions.--In this section:
(A) Active duty.--The term ``active duty'' has the meaning
given that term in section 101(18) of title 37, United States
Code.
(B) Dependent.--The term ``dependent'' has the meaning
given that term in section 1072 of title 10, United States
Code.
(C) TRICARE program.--The term ``TRICARE program'' has the
meaning given that term in section 1072(7) of title 10,
United States Code.
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