S 1918
113th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Military medicine
Clarity for Military Retiree Health Care Act
Introduced: January 14, 2014
Introduced by:
Shaheen, Jeanne
Democratic
· New Hampshire
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 14, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 14, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Clarity for Military Retiree Health Care Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax exclusion of benefits under cafeteria employee benefit plans, to allow a participant in a cafeteria plan which permits a revocation of an election during a period of coverage and a new election based upon a change in status event, to treat an event that causes an employee to become eligible for coverage under the TRICARE health care program for military personnel as a change in status event.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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