US Congress House Bill 4341 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 29 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-07-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of Congress, among other things, that: (1) children of members of the Armed Forces deserve health-care practices and policies that are designed to meet their pediatric-specific needs and ensure and maintain their access to pediatric-specific treatment, providers, and facilities; and (2) the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense [DOD] managed health care program) should meet the needs of such children, including those with special needs and chronic conditions. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a working group to review the TRICARE program and make appropriate recommendations with respect to pediatric-specific health care and health care settings. Requires an initial and final report from the working group to the congressional defense and appropriations committees.

To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a working group to review TRICARE policy with respect to providing health care to children and determine how to improve such policy, and for other purposes.

Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Robert Schilling [R-IL]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-07-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2012-03-29	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

HB4310 (Related) 2013-01-02 - Became Public Law No: 112-239.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/4341/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr4341/BILLS-112hr4341ih.pdf