Sec. 743. GAO study on exclusion of certain remarried individuals from medical and dental coverage under TRICARE program
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The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on the purpose and effects of limiting medical and dental coverage under the TRICARE program to exclude remarried widows, widowers, and former spouses of members or former members of the uniformed services. The study under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A census of the widows and widowers who currently qualify as a dependent under the TRICARE program pursuant to subparagraph
(B)or
(C)of section 1072(2) of title 10, United States Code. A census of the former spouses who currently qualify as a dependent under the TRICARE program pursuant to subparagraph (F), (G), or
(H)of such section. An identification of the number of such widows, widowers, and former spouses who intend to remarry, and an assessment of whether potential loss of coverage under the TRICARE program has affected the decisions of such individuals to remarry or remain unremarried. An assessment of the effect, if any, on the military and local communities of an individual who formerly qualified as a dependent under the TRICARE program by reason of being an unremarried widow, widower, or former spouse, as specified in section 1072(2) of title 10, United States Code, when the individual remarries and loses such coverage. A cost analysis of the expansion of medical and dental coverage under the TRICARE program to include remarried individuals who, but for their remarried status, would otherwise qualify as a dependent under such program. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report containing— the findings and conclusions of the study under subsection (a); and recommendations based on such findings and conclusions to improve the dependent categories specified in section 1072(2) of title 10, United States Code, including with respect to whether remarried widows, widowers, and former spouses of members or former members of the uniformed services should remain excluded from coverage under the TRICARE program pursuant to such section. In this section, the terms dependent and TRICARE program have the meanings given such terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.