HR 4554
114th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Military civil functions
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that certain members of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty and dependents remain eligible for the TRICARE program during periods in which the member is responding to a disaster.
Introduced: February 12, 2016
Introduced by:
DelBene, Suzan K.
Democratic
· Washington
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Feb 12, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 12, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill makes eligible for TRICARE health care benefits certain National Guard members (and dependents) who are performing disaster response duty, if the performance of such a duty immediately follows a period in which the member served on full-time additional National Guard duty.
"Disaster response duty" means duty performed by a member of the National Guard in state status pursuant to an emergency declaration by the state governor (or, for the District of Columbia, by the mayor) in response to a disaster or in preparation for an imminent disaster.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Committees of jurisdiction
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