,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ad1 #bjbe,ms4 
,sewell introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct 
the ,secretary of ,defense to establish 
a pilot program regarding treating      
pregnancy as a qualifying event for     
enrollment in ,,tricare ,select4  #a4   
,pilot program to treat pregnancy as a  
qualifying event for enrollment in      
,,tricare ,select  7a7 ,establishment   
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,secretary of ,defense shall commence a 
five-year pilot program under which the 
,secretary shall treat pregnancy as a   
qualifying event under section          
#ajii7;b77#a77;,b7 of title #aj1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 for enrollment in       
,,tricare ,select by an eligible        
beneficiary4  7b7 ,initial briefing ,not
 later than one year after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         

,secretary shall provide to the         
appropriate congressional committees a  
briefing on the status of the pilot     
program under subsection 7a74  7c7      
,annual report ,not later than one year 
after the ,secretary commences the pilot
 program under subsection 7a71 and      
annually thereafter for the next four   
years1 the ,secretary shall provide to  
the appropriate congressional committees
 a report on the pilot program4 ,each   
such report shall include the number of 
covered enrollment changes1             
disaggregated by-- 7#a7 month1 beginning
 with ,january #bjbg2 and  7#b7 whether 
the eligible beneficiary made such      
covered enrollment change-- 7,a7 because
 the eligible beneficiary is a member of
 the uniformed services who separated   
from active duty2  7,b7 because the     
eligible beneficiary is a member of the 
uniformed services who returned to      
active duty2  7,c7 because the eligible 
beneficiary is a dependent of a member  
of the uniformed services who separated 

from active duty2  7,d7 because the     
eligible beneficiary is a dependent of a
 member of the uniformed services who   
returned to active duty2 or  7,e7 based 
on the treatment1 under the pilot       
program1 of pregnancy as a qualifying   
event for enrollment in ,,tricare       
,select4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this     
section3 7#a7 ,the term covered         
enrollment change means a change to a   
previous election by an eligible        
beneficiary under subsection 7b77#a7 of 
section #ajii of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code1 to enroll in a health    
care plan designated under subsection   
7c7 of such section4  7#b7 ,the term    
eligible beneficiary means an individual
 who is eligible to enroll in ,,tricare 
,select under section #ajge7;b7 of title
 #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#c7 ,the 
terms ,,tricare program and ,,tricare   
,select have the meanings given such    
terms in section #ajgb of title #aj1    
,united ,states ,code4  7#d7 ,the term  
appropriate congressional committees    

means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on ,armed   
,services of the ,house of              
,representatives2  7,b7 the ,committee  
on ,transportation and ,infrastructure  
of the ,house of ,representatives2  7,c7
 the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce
 of the ,house of ,representatives2 and 
7,d7 the ,committee on ,armed ,services 
of the ,senate4