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S. 1313 114th Congress Senate

Strong Lungs, Strong Lives Act of 2015

Official title: A bill to expand eligibility for reimbursement for smoking cessation services to include copayments for such services paid after fiscal year 2009 by covered be… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to expand eligibility for reimbursement for smoking cessation services to include copayments for such services paid after fiscal year 2009 by covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program who are eligible for Medicare.

Introduced: May 13, 2015 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Drug, alcohol, tobacco useHealth care costs and insuranceMedicareMilitary medicine
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May 13, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
May 13, 2015
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 Latest action May 13, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Strong Lungs, Strong Lives Act of 2015

This bill amends the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 to extend TRICARE eligibility for certain smoking cessation services after FY2009 to covered TRICARE program beneficiaries who are Medicare-eligible.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 1376 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
  • HR 1735 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 13, 2015
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 13, 2015
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Murray, Patty
Washington · May 13, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1313: Strong Lungs, Strong Lives Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1313/
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"S. 1313: Strong Lungs, Strong Lives Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1313/.
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S. 1313, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1313/.
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