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Improved Medical Care for Troops and Retirees Act

Introduced: February 15, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Feb 22, 2000
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Feb 22, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Feb 22, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Feb 18, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 17, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
Feb 15, 2000
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Commerce, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 15, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Improved Medical Care for Troops and Retirees Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, Federal armed forces law, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, and the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide, among other things, for: (1) making permanent the current Medicare subvention demonstration project for military retirees and dependents; (2) extending the Federal Employees Health Benefits Optional Demonstration Project; (3) entitling family members of members of the armed forces assigned to certain duty locations far from sources of care to the medical and dental care otherwise available to such member in any facility of any uniformed service; (4) requiring the pharmacy benefits provided under the redesigned pharmacy system under the TRICARE program (a managed health care program of the armed forces) to be at least equivalent to those provided under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993; and (5) eliminating copayments under TRICARE Prime, and imposing a reduction in the catastrophic cap under TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra.

Authorizes appropriations for the redesigned pharmacy system under the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999.

What's happening now February 22, 2000

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8 Independent 1
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 17, 2000
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 17, 2000
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 17, 2000
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 3, 2000
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 13, 2000
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 9, 2000
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Feb 15, 2000
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 15, 2000
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Feb 15, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3655: Improved Medical Care for Troops and Retirees Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3655/
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