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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 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
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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 Congressional Research Service

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 March 4, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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