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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · May 12, 2015
TRICARE Portability Act of 2015
This bill directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure that beneficiaries covered under a TRICARE health plan are able to access health care under such health plan in each TRICARE program region.
The Secretary shall:
provide for the automatic electronic transfer of demographic, enrollment, and claims information between the contractors responsible for administering the TRICARE program in each TRICARE region when covered beneficiaries relocate between such regions,
ensure these covered beneficiaries are able to obtain a new primary health care provider within ten days of undergoing such relocation, and
develop a process for such covered beneficiaries to receive urgent care without preauthorization while undergoing such relocation.
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Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] · R–SD
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in Senate
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