S.Amdt. 3354

SA 3354. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself and Ms. Warren) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 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 B of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 718. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TRICARE PHARMACY BENEFITS
PROGRAM.

To address gaps in monitoring by the Department of Defense
of access by beneficiaries to the pharmacy benefits program
under section 1074g of title 10, United States Code, the
Secretary of Defense shall direct the Defense Health Agency--
(1) to set performance measurements for and monitor the
timeliness of contractors under such program in dispensing
mail order specialty drugs; and
(2) not less frequently than annually, to require a third-
party administrator to audit the reported data of contractors
under such program for accuracy and publish such audit on a
publicly available website of the Department.
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