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HR 1500 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Military medicine

To ensure that certain TRICARE program beneficiaries may enroll in TRICARE Prime regardless of the location of their residence.

Introduced: July 21, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Aug 13, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 19, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 19, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 to permit an affected eligible beneficiary who was enrolled in TRICARE Prime as of September 30, 2013, and as of December 25, 2013, resided farther than 100 miles from a military medical treatment facility, to make the one-time election to continue TRICARE Prime coverage.

Makes this Act effective as if included in the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014.

What's happening now August 13, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 2
Rothfus, Keith
· Jul 21, 2015
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Apr 28, 2015
 R
Emmer, Tom
Minnesota · Mar 19, 2015
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Mar 19, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1500: To ensure that certain TRICARE program beneficiaries may enroll in TRICARE Prime regardless of the location of their residence.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1500/
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"H.R. 1500: To ensure that certain TRICARE program beneficiaries may enroll in TRICARE Prime regardless of the location of their residence.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1500/.
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H.R. 1500, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1500/.
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