S 2688 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

TRICARE Retirees Opportunity Act of 2002

Introduced Jun 27, 2002 Originated Senate Sponsor John Ensign R-NV

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 27, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 27, 2002
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

The TRICARE Retirees Opportunity Act of 2002 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) waive the Medicare part B late enrollment penalty for military retirees who enroll by December 31, 2003; and (2) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for a special enrollment period in the case of any such individual eligible to enroll, but who is not enrolled, under Medicare part B with such period to end on December 31, 2003.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 27, 2002Introduced in Senate
Jun 27, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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