Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/2313

 120 STAT. 2282

PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

SEC. 706. EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY OF SELECTED RESERVE MEMBERS UNDER TRICARE PROGRAM.

(a) GENERAL ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection (a) of section 1076d of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY.—A member’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a member’’; (2) by striking ‘‘after the member completes’’ and all that follows through ‘‘one or more whole years following such date’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a member who is enrolled, or is eligible to enroll, in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5.’’. (b) CONDITION FOR TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘(b) PERIOD OF COVERAGE.—(1) TRICARE Standard’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(4) Eligibility’’ and inserting ‘‘(b) TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY UPON TERMINATION OF SERVICE.—Eligibility’’; and (2) by striking paragraph (5). (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) Such section is further amended— (A) by striking subsection (e); (B) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (e) and transferring such subsection within such section so as to appear following subsection (d); and (C) by striking paragraph (3) of subsection (f). (2) The heading for such section is amended to read as follows:

Effective date. Effective date.

‘‘§ 1076d. TRICARE program: TRICARE standard coverage for members of the Selected Reserve’’. (d) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISION.—Effective October 1, 2007, section 1076b of title 10, United States Code, is repealed. (e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Effective October 1, 2007, the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking the item relating to section 1076b; and (2) by striking the item relating to section 1076d and inserting the following: ‘‘1076d. TRICARE program: TRICARE Standard coverage for members of the Selected Reserve.’’.

10 USC 1076d note.

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(f) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Enrollments in TRICARE Standard that are in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act under section 1076d of title 10, United States Code, as in effect on such day, shall be continued until terminated after such day under such section 1076d as amended by this section. (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that health care under TRICARE Standard is provided under section 1076d of title 10, United States Code, as amended by this section, beginning not later than October 1, 2007.

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