H.R. 4554

Referred to Committee

To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that certain members of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty and dependents remain eligible for the TRICARE program during periods in which the member is responding to a disaster.

Introduced 2/12/2016•114th Congress•House

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

3/4/2016 • House

Summary

This bill makes eligible for TRICARE health care benefits certain National Guard members (and dependents) who are performing disaster response duty, if the performance of such a duty immediately follows a period in which the member served on full-time additional National Guard duty.

"Disaster response duty" means duty performed by a member of the National Guard in state status pursuant to an emergency declaration by the state governor (or, for the District of Columbia, by the mayor) in response to a disaster or in preparation for an imminent disaster.

Introduced in House • 2/12/2016

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Armed Forces and National Security

Disaster relief and insuranceHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessMilitary civil functionsMilitary medicineMilitary personnel and dependentsNational Guard and reserves