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HR 5832 IH

To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement for dependents to reside with members of the Armed Forces to be eligible for TRICARE Prime Remote.

April 17, 2008

Mrs. GILLIBRAND introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement for dependents to reside with members of the Armed Forces to be eligible for TRICARE Prime Remote.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Military Healthcare for Dependents Act'.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPENDENT TO RESIDE WITH MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR TRICARE PRIME REMOTE.

Section 1079(p) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting `or is not' before `residing';

(2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking `, if the orders do not' and all that follows through `same remote location'; and

(3) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking all that follows `30 days' and inserting a period.