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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1387
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 21, 2017
Mr. Rounds (for himself, Mr. Casey, and Mr. Booker) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Defense to implement processes and procedures to provide expedited evaluation and treatment for prenatal surgery under the TRICARE program.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the TRICARE Expedited Evaluation and Treatment for Prenatal Surgery Act of 2017
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Expedited evaluation and treatment for prenatal surgery under the TRICARE program
In general
The Secretary of Defense shall implement processes and procedures to ensure that a covered beneficiary under the TRICARE program whose pregnancy is complicated with a fetal anomaly or suspected of being complicated with a fetal anomaly receives, in an expedited manner and at the discretion of the covered beneficiary, evaluation and treatment from a perinatal or pediatric specialist capable of providing surgical management and intervention in utero.
Definitions
In this section, the terms covered beneficiary and TRICARE program have the meanings given those terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.