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HR 4551 111th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Military medicine Military personnel and dependents Prescription drugs Veterans' medical care

Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act

Introduced: January 27, 2010 Introduced by: Van Hollen, Chris Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 25, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jan 27, 2010
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Jan 27, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight 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.
Jan 27, 2010
Referred to House Armed Services
Jan 27, 2010
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to provide Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) coverage to the following eligible beneficiaries: (1) a member or former member of the Armed Forces entitled to military retired or retainer pay; (2) an unremarried former spouse who was married to a member for at least 20 years, during which such member performed at least 20 years of retirement-creditable military service; (3) a dependent of a deceased qualifying member or former member; (4) a dependent of a living member or former member; and (5) a family member.

Directs the Secretary to reimburse such eligible persons for pharmacy benefits received from a pharmacy that is not a TRICARE (Department of Defense [DOD] managed health care plan) network pharmacy in the same manner as the Secretary would reimburse such person for such benefits received from a TRICARE network pharmacy. Requires such persons, in order to receive such reimbursement, to submit a certification from their physician stating that the person does not have access to a TRICARE network pharmacy due to physical or medical constraints.

What's happening now February 25, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3