To amend title 10, United States Code, relating to prescription drug benefits for Medicare-eligible enrollees under defense health care plans.

Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to prohibit the prescription drug cost-sharing requirements for Medicare-eligible beneficiaries under CHAMPUS from being in excess of the cost-sharing requirements applicable to all other CHAMPUS health care beneficiaries.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3390 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3390

 To amend title 10, United States Code, relating to prescription drug 
  benefits for Medicare-eligible enrollees under defense health care 
                                 plans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 29, 2003

    Mr. Schrock (for himself, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. 
  Simmons, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Hayes, 
     Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, and Mrs. Wilson of New Mexico) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, relating to prescription drug 
  benefits for Medicare-eligible enrollees under defense health care 
                                 plans.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS FOR 
              MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE ENROLLEES UNDER DEFENSE HEALTH CARE 
              PLANS.

    Section 1074g(a)(6) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(6)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) For a medicare-eligible beneficiary, the cost-sharing 
        requirements may not be in excess of the cost-sharing 
        requirements applicable to all other beneficiaries covered by 
        section 1086 of this title. For purposes of the preceding 
        sentence, a medicare-eligible beneficiary is a beneficiary 
        eligible for health benefits under section 1086 of this title 
        pursuant to subsection (d)(2) of such section.''.
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