To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program regarding treating pregnancy as a qualifying event for enrollment in TRICARE Select.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4381 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4381

    To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program
 regarding treating pregnancy as a qualifying event for enrollment in
                            TRICARE Select.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2025

  Ms. Sewell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

    To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program
 regarding treating pregnancy as a qualifying event for enrollment in
                            TRICARE Select.

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

SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM TO TREAT PREGNANCY AS A QUALIFYING EVENT FOR
              ENROLLMENT IN TRICARE SELECT.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall commence a five-
year pilot program under which the Secretary shall treat pregnancy as a
qualifying event under section 1099(b)(1)(B) of title 10, United States
Code, for enrollment in TRICARE Select by an eligible beneficiary.
    (b) Initial Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the
appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the status of the
pilot program under subsection (a).
    (c) Annual Report.--Not later than one year after the Secretary
commences the pilot program under subsection (a), and annually
thereafter for the next four years, the Secretary shall provide to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on the pilot program.
Each such report shall include the number of covered enrollment
changes, disaggregated by--
            (1) month, beginning with January 2027; and
            (2) whether the eligible beneficiary made such covered
        enrollment change--
                    (A) because the eligible beneficiary is a member of
                the uniformed services who separated from active duty;
                    (B) because the eligible beneficiary is a member of
                the uniformed services who returned to active duty;
                    (C) because the eligible beneficiary is a dependent
                of a member of the uniformed services who separated
                from active duty;
                    (D) because the eligible beneficiary is a dependent
                of a member of the uniformed services who returned to
                active duty; or
                    (E) based on the treatment, under the pilot
                program, of pregnancy as a qualifying event for
                enrollment in TRICARE Select.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``covered enrollment change'' means a change
        to a previous election by an eligible beneficiary under
        subsection (b)(1) of section 1099 of title 10, United States
        Code, to enroll in a health care plan designated under
        subsection (c) of such section.
            (2) The term ``eligible beneficiary'' means an individual
        who is eligible to enroll in TRICARE Select under section
        1075(b) of title 10, United States Code.
            (3) The terms ``TRICARE program'' and ``TRICARE Select''
        have the meanings given such terms in section 1072 of title 10,
        United States Code.
            (4) The term ``appropriate congressional committees''
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
                Representatives;
                    (B) the Committee on Transportation and
                Infrastructure of the House of Representatives;
                    (C) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
                House of Representatives; and
                    (D) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
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