Sec. 707. Consolidation of cost-sharing requirements under TRICARE Select and TRICARE Prime
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Section 1075 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (c), by striking paragraphs
(1)and
(2)and inserting the following new paragraphs: With respect to beneficiaries in the active-duty family member category or the retired category other than beneficiaries described in paragraph (2)(B), the cost-sharing requirements shall be calculated pursuant to subsection (d)(1). With respect to beneficiaries described in subparagraph
(B)in the active-duty family member category or the retired category, the cost-sharing requirements shall be calculated as if the beneficiary were enrolled in TRICARE Extra or TRICARE Standard as if TRICARE Extra or TRICARE Standard, as the case may be, were still being carried out by the Secretary. Beneficiaries described in this subparagraph are the following beneficiaries: Retired members and the family members of such retired members covered by section 1086(c)(1) of this title by reason of being retired under chapter 61 of this title or being a dependent of such a retired member. Survivors covered by section 1086(c)(2) of this title. ; by striking subsection (e); and by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and
(h)as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively. Subsection (d)(2) of such section is amended by striking , and the amounts specified under paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of subsection (e), . Section 1075a(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by striking paragraph
(2)and inserting the following new paragraph: With respect to beneficiaries in the active-duty family member category or the retired category (as described in section 1075(b)(1) of this title) other than beneficiaries described in paragraph (3)(B), the cost-sharing requirements shall be calculated pursuant to subsection (b)(1). ; and in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph
(B)and inserting the following new subparagraph: Beneficiaries described in this subparagraph are the following beneficiaries: Retired members and the family members of such retired members covered by section 1086(c)(1) of this title by reason of being retired under chapter 61 of this title or being a dependent of such a retired member. Survivors covered by section 1086(c)(2) of this title. . The amendments made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 2018.