Strengthening Preventive Health Care for Service Members Act
Latest action · Apr 5, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
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.
- IntroducedMar 8, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Strengthening Preventive Health Care for Service Members Act
This bill expands preventive health care services under the Department of Defense's (DOD) TRICARE program to include services comparable to coverage provided by a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage under the Public Health Service Act, including certain: (1) evidence-based items or services; (2) immunizations; (3) evidence-informed preventive care and screenings for infants, children, and adolescents; and (4) additional preventive care and screenings for women.
Persons entitled to such medical care shall also be entitled to other evidence-based preventive health care services and screenings, as DOD may prescribe.
DOD shall prescribe regulations to: (1) waive certain copayments for preventive services for beneficiaries, and (2) ensure that a beneficiary pays nothing for such preventive services without regard to whether the beneficiary has reached his or her annual deductible.
The bill makes immunizations and health promotion and disease prevention visits available to all dependents. (Currently, different health care provisions apply to dependents based upon whether they are under, or at least, six years old.)
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 8, 2017 to Mar 9, 2017; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 8, 2017 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Mar 8, 2017 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Mar 8, 2017 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Mar 8, 2017 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Mar 8, 2017 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Mar 8, 2017 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Mar 8, 2017 |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Original | Mar 8, 2017 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Mar 9, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Mar 9, 2017 |
Committees 1
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 Mar 8, 2017 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Apr 5, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 5, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Mar 8, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 8, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 40, March 8, 2017, page H1949.
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 expand preventive health care services under the TRICARE program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Strengthening Preventive Health Care for Service Members Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2017Introduced in House
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