Military Personnel Subcommittee, Armed Services Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Strengthening Preventive Health Care for Service Members Act This bill expands preventive health care services under the Department of Defense's (DOD) TRICARE program to include services comparable to coverage provided by a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage under the Public Health Service Act, including certain: (1) evidence-based items or services; (2) immunizations; (3) evidence-informed preventive care and screenings for infants, children, and adolescents; and (4) additional preventive care and screenings for women. Persons entitled to such medical care shall also be entitled to other evidence-based preventive health care services and screenings, as DOD may prescribe. DOD shall prescribe regulations to: (1) waive certain copayments for preventive services for beneficiaries, and (2) ensure that a beneficiary pays nothing for such preventive services without regard to whether the beneficiary has reached his or her annual deductible. The bill makes immunizations and health promotion and disease prevention visits available to all dependents. (Currently, different health care provisions apply to dependents based upon whether they are under, or at least, six years old.)
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Armed Forces and National Security
Child healthHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth promotion and preventive careImmunology and vaccinationMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMilitary medicine
To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand preventive health care services under the TRICARE program.
USA115th CongressHR-1433| House
| Updated: 4/5/2017
Strengthening Preventive Health Care for Service Members Act This bill expands preventive health care services under the Department of Defense's (DOD) TRICARE program to include services comparable to coverage provided by a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage under the Public Health Service Act, including certain: (1) evidence-based items or services; (2) immunizations; (3) evidence-informed preventive care and screenings for infants, children, and adolescents; and (4) additional preventive care and screenings for women. Persons entitled to such medical care shall also be entitled to other evidence-based preventive health care services and screenings, as DOD may prescribe. DOD shall prescribe regulations to: (1) waive certain copayments for preventive services for beneficiaries, and (2) ensure that a beneficiary pays nothing for such preventive services without regard to whether the beneficiary has reached his or her annual deductible. The bill makes immunizations and health promotion and disease prevention visits available to all dependents. (Currently, different health care provisions apply to dependents based upon whether they are under, or at least, six years old.)
Military Personnel Subcommittee, Armed Services Committee
Armed Forces and National Security
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Child healthHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth promotion and preventive careImmunology and vaccinationMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMilitary medicine