,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbci  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #aj1     
#bjbe,ms4 ,duckworth 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,kim1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4    
,booker1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,ms4 ,rosen1    
,mr4 ,bennet1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,wyden1
 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,ms4 ,alsobrooks1   
and ,ms4 ,baldwin7 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 establish a   
pilot program regarding treating        
pregnancy as a qualifying event for     
enrollment in ,,tricare ,select4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,improving ,access to ,prenatal     
,care for ,military ,families ,act4  #b4
 ,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  7#a7 ,in general ,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 submit to the appropriate         
congressional committees a report on the
 pilot program4  7#b7 ,elements ,each   
report under paragraph 7#a7 shall       
include the number of covered enrollment
 changes during the period covered by   
the report1 disaggregated by-- 7,a7     

month1 beginning with ,january #bjbf2   
and  7,b7 whether the eligible          
beneficiary made such covered enrollment
 change-- 7i7 because the eligible      
beneficiary is a member of the uniformed
 services who separated from active     
duty2  7ii7 because the eligible        
beneficiary is a member of the uniformed
 services who returned to active duty2  
7iii7 because the eligible beneficiary  
is a dependent of a member of the       
uniformed services who separated from   
active duty2  7iv7 because the eligible 
beneficiary is a dependent of a member  
of the uniformed services who returned  
to active duty2 or  7v7 based on the    
treatment1 under the pilot program under
 subsection 7a71 of pregnancy as a      
qualifying event for enrollment in      
,,tricare ,select4  7d7 ,definitions ,in
 this section3 7#a7 ,active duty ,the   
term active duty has the meaning given  
that term in section #aja7;d7 of title  
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7       
,appropriate congressional committees   

,the term appropriate congressional     
committees means-- 7,a7 the ,committee  
on ,armed ,services of the ,senate2 and 
7,b7 the ,committee on ,armed ,services1
 the ,committee on ,transportation and  
,infrastructure1 and the ,committee on  
,energy and ,commerce of the ,house of  
,representatives4  7#c7 ,covered        
enrollment change ,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#d7 ,dependent2  
,,tricare ,select ,the terms dependent  
and ,,tricare ,select have the meanings 
given those terms in section #ajgb of   
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#e7 
,eligible beneficiary ,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#f7 ,uniformed 

services ,the term uniformed services   
has the meaning given that term in      
section #aja7;a7 of title #aj1 ,united  
,states ,code4