S.Amdt. 5834

SA 5834. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 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 appropriate place in title VII, insert the
following:

SEC. 7__. AUTHORIZATION FOR VIRTUAL FOLLOW-UP SPECIALTY CARE
UNDER TRICARE PRIME ACROSS STATE LINES.

Section 1094(d) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or (4)'' and inserting
``(4), or (5)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(5) A health-care professional referred to in paragraph
(1) as being described in this paragraph is a health-care
professional who--
``(A) has provided specialty care to a patient under
TRICARE Prime in-person; and
``(B) is providing virtual follow-up specialty care under
TRICARE Prime to the patient while the patient is located in
an isolated location, as determined by the Secretary of
Defense.''.
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