,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajgh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bc1 #bjac
 ,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself and ,ms4  
,hirono7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a     
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,defense to provide certain ,,tricare   
beneficiaries with the opportunity to   
retain access to ,,tricare ,prime4  #a4 
,future availability of ,,tricare ,prime
 for certain beneficiaries enrolled in  
,,tricare ,prime ,section #gcb of the   
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjac 7,public ,law   
#aab-bci2 #abf ,stat4 #ahaf7 is         
amended--  7#a7 by redesignating        
subsection 7b7 as subsection 7c72 and   
7#b7 by inserting after subsection 7a7  
the following new subsection 7b73  7b7  
,access to ,,tricare ,prime  7#a7       
,one-time election ,subject to paragraph
 7#c71 the ,secretary shall ensure that 
each affected eligible beneficiary who  

is enrolled in ,,tricare ,prime as of   
,september #cj1 #bjac1 may make a       
one-time election to continue such      
enrollment in ,,tricare ,prime1         
notwithstanding that a contract         
described in subsection 7a77#b77;,a7    
does not allow for such enrollment based
 on the location in which such          
beneficiary resides4 ,the beneficiary   
may continue such enrollment in         
,,tricare ,prime so long as the         
beneficiary resides in the same ,,zip   
code as the ,,zip code in which the     
beneficiary resided at the time of such 
election4  7#b7 ,enrollment in ,,tricare
 ,standard ,if an affected eligible     
beneficiary makes the one-time election 
under paragraph 7#a71 the beneficiary   
may thereafter elect to enroll in       
,,tricare ,standard at any time in      
accordance with a contract described in 
subsection 7a77#b77;,a74  7#c7          
,residence at time of election ,an      
affected eligible beneficiary may not   
make the one-time election under        

paragraph 7#a7 if1 at the time of such  
election1 the beneficiary does not      
reside in a ,,zip code that is in a     
region described in subsection          
7c77#a77;,b74  4