,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #h1 #bjag,mr4 
,carbajal 7for himself1 ,mrs4 ,davis of 
,california1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,ms4 ,moore1  
,mr4 ,langevin1 ,ms4 ,lee1 ,ms4         
,bordallo1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 and ,mr4        
,garamendi7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to expand preventive     
health care services under the ,,tricare
 program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,strengthening      
,preventive ,health ,care for ,service  
,members ,act4  #b4 ,expansion of       
,,tricare-covered preventive health care
 services  7a7 ,expansion of preventive 
health care services ,section #ajgd;d of
 title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is   
amended--  7#a7 by redesignating        
subsection 7b7 as subsection 7c72 and   
7#b7 by inserting after subsection 7a7  
the following new subsection3  7b7      

,additional preventive health care      
services  7#a7 ,in addition to the      
preventive services provided under      
subsection 7a71 persons entitled to     
medical care under this chapter shall   
also be entitled1 to the extent         
practicable1 to the coverage of         
preventive health services comparable to
 the coverage required to be provided by
 a group health plan and a health       
insurance issuer offering group or      
individual health insurance coverage    
under section #bgac of the ,public      
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#cjj;gg-#ac74 ,such entitlement shall   
supersede any otherwise applicable      
exclusions to the contrary4  7#b7       
,persons entitled to medical care under 
this chapter shall also be entitled to  
other evidence-based preventive health  
care services and screenings1 as may be 
prescribed in regulations by the        
,secretary of ,defense4  7#c7 ,the      
,secretary shall prescribe regulations  
to-- 7,a7 waive all copayments under    

sections #ajgd;g1 #ajge1 #ajge;a1       
#ajgi7;b71 and #ajhf7;b7 of this title  
for preventive services provided        
pursuant to this subsection for all     
beneficiaries who would otherwise pay   
copayments2 and  7,b7 ensure that a     
beneficiary pays nothing for such       
preventive services during a year       
without regard to whether the           
beneficiary has paid the amount         
necessary to cover the beneficiary's    
deductible for the year4  4  7b7        
,conforming amendment ,section #ajgg7;a7
 of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following new paragraph3  7#ah7 ,the    
additional preventive health services   
described in section #ajgd;d7b7 of this 
title4  4  7c7 ,expanded well child care
 and access to health promotion and     
disease prevention visits ,section      
#ajgi7;a77#b7 of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
schedule of immunizations and all that  
follows through subparagraph 7,b7 and   

inserting schedule of immunizations1    
health promotion and disease prevention 
visits and immunizations 7including the 
preventive care and screenings required 
pursuant to section #ajgd;d7b7 of this  
title7 may be provided to dependents44