Veterans TRICARE Choice Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 11, 2015)
Veterans TRICARE Choice Act
Allows an individual who is eligible to participate in the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense [DOD] managed health care program) to: (1) elect to be ineligible to enroll in such program, (2) make tax deductible contributions to a health savings account during the period such individual elects to be ineligible for TRICARE coverage, and (3) enroll in the TRICARE program at a later date during a special enrollment period.
Requires DOD to: (1) submit to the Internal Revenue Service information on each TRICARE-eligible individual who makes such election for purposes of determining such individual's eligibility for a health savings account; and (2) report to Congress, annually, on elections by TRICARE-eligible individuals under this Act.
What just happenedNov 23, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 11, 2015
- Nov 23, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Military Personnel Subcommittee - Feb 27, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Feb 11, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Armed Services Committee - Feb 11, 2015IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Feb 11, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Ways and Means Committee - Feb 11, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 11, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House