HR 2176 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

National Guard and Reserve Comprehensive Health Benefits Act of 2003

Introduced May 20, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Michael R. Turner R-OH

Latest action · Jul 18, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.

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.

IntroducedMay 20, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Guard and Reserve Comprehensive Health Benefits Act of 2003 - Makes members of the Selected Reserve and the Individual Ready Reserve eligible for either the Prime or Standard option of the TRICARE Program (a Department of Defense managed health care program), allowing for either self-coverage or self-and-family coverage. Requires the Secretary of Defense to: (1) provide at least one open enrollment period each year for such members; and (2) charge applicable premiums, deductibles, and copayments for such coverage.

Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay the applicable premium to continue in force any qualified health plan coverage for a reserve member (and his or her dependents) while the member is serving on active duty pursuant to a call or order issued during a war or national emergency declared by the President or Congress. Requires the continuation of COBRA coverage during such period. Prohibits simultaneous coverage under both the qualified health plan and TRICARE.

Cosponsors 63

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 20, 2003 to Sep 29, 2004; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-OH	David L. Hobson	Original	May 20, 2003
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	May 20, 2003
R-SC	Joe Wilson		May 21, 2003
D-OH	Tim Ryan		May 21, 2003
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Jun 3, 2003
R-OH	Michael G. Oxley		Jun 3, 2003
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jun 3, 2003
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jun 9, 2003
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Jun 16, 2003
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jun 17, 2003
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Jun 25, 2003
D-NY	Major R. Owens		Jun 25, 2003
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Jun 25, 2003
R-SD	William J. Janklow		Jun 25, 2003
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Jul 23, 2003

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Committees 4

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred May 20, 2003
	Total Force Subcommittee	Referred Jul 18, 2003
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred May 20, 2003
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 2, 2003
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred May 20, 2003
	Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee	Referred Jun 20, 2003
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred May 20, 2003
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 2, 2003

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 18, 2003Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Jul 18, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
Jun 20, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jun 2, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 20, 2003Introduced in House

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Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 108-245	ICE IN THE OZARKS: THE METHAMPHETAMINE EPIDEMIC IN ARKANSAS240 pages	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Jun 28, 2004

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 852	National Guard and Reserve Comprehensive Health Benefits Act of 2003	Identical bill	Apr 10, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide limited TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces, to provide financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: National Guard and Reserve Comprehensive Health Benefits Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 20, 2003Introduced in House

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