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S 156 117th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Military medicine Military personnel and dependents

TRICARE Retiree Protection Act

Introduced: February 2, 2021 Introduced by: Daines, Steve Republican · Montana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 2, 2021
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TRICARE Retiree Protection Act

This bill authorizes a covered beneficiary who is enrolled in TRICARE Select to reenroll in TRICARE Select at any time during 2021. Covered beneficiaries are those in the retired category who enrolled in TRICARE Select as of December 31, 2020, but did not establish a monthly enrollment fee payment during the 2020 TRICARE Open Season.

A covered beneficiary who reenrolls in TRICARE Select must, at the time of enrollment, pay a portion of the annual enrollment fee and establish a monthly enrollment fee payment for the remaining months of 2021.

What's happening now February 2, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3102 Related bill TRICARE Retiree Protection Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 156: TRICARE Retiree Protection Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-156/
MLA
"S. 156: TRICARE Retiree Protection Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-156/.
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S. 156, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-156/.
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[S. 156: TRICARE Retiree Protection Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-156/)
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