Sec. 714. Portability of health plans under the TRICARE program
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The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program who are covered under a health plan under such program are able to seamlessly access health care under such health plan in each TRICARE program region. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out paragraph (1). In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall— establish a process for electronic notification of contractors responsible for administering the TRICARE program in each TRICARE region when any covered beneficiary intends to relocate between such regions; provide for the automatic electronic transfer between such contractors of information relating to covered beneficiaries who are relocating between such regions, including demographic, enrollment, and claims information; and ensure each such covered beneficiary is able to obtain a new primary health care provider within ten days of— arriving at the location to which the covered beneficiary has relocated; and initiating a request for a new primary health care provider.
The Secretary shall— publish information on any modifications made pursuant to subsection
(a)with respect to the ability of covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program who are covered under a health plan under such program to access health care in each TRICARE region on the primary Internet website of the Department that is available to the public; and ensure that such information is made available on the primary Internet website that is available to the public of each current contractor responsible for administering the TRICARE program. In this section, the terms covered beneficiary and TRICARE program have the meaning given such terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.