S. 1290 · 114th Congress
TRICARE Portability Act of 2015
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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.
What it does: CRS summary · 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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: TRICARE Portability Act of 2015
Latest action (May 12, 2015): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 12, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.