washington scene
FY 2014 Defense Authorization Act Issues
Health Care Issues
Issue/Final Law, Senate (S. 1197), House (H.R. 1960)
TRICARE Fee increases, Fee increases rejected, Rejects administration proposals to dramatically increase TRICARE Standard, Prime, and TRICARE For Life fees and TRICARE pharmacy fees by refraining from making statutory changes, Similarly silent
TRICARE Prime availability, House provision adopted, No similar provision, Offers current Prime beneficiaries a onetime “grandfather” option to remain in the Prime network even if they live outside of a 40-mile radius of their military treatment facility
Sexual assault prevention, Senate provisions adopted, Series of provisions aim to prevent instances of, prosecute those accused of, and protect the victims of sexual assault within the chain of command, Similar, though not identical provisions
Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy, Provision not adopted, No similar provision, Adds ABA therapy to accepted treatment of developmental disabilities including autism for covered beneficiaries except retired members of USCG, NOAA, and USPHS
Mental health assessments, Provision not adopted, No similar provision, Requires a mental health assessment to be performed once during each 180-day period of deployment
Compound pharmaceuticals, Report on the use and claims processing of compound pharmaceuticals through TRICARE, No similar provision, No similar provision
Traumatic brain injury, House provision adopted, No similar provision, Requires report on treatment of traumatic brain injuries prior to the establishment of a June 2010 policy identifying a 50-meter distance from an explosion as criterion to identify injury
36 MILITARY OFFICER FEBRUARY 2014
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88