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S. 3201: TRICARE Dependent Coverage Extension Act

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S. 3201: TRICARE Dependent Coverage Extension Act

111th Congress · introduced 2010-04-14 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2010-04-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

TRICARE Dependent Coverage Extension Act

Plain summary

TRICARE Dependent Coverage Extension Act - Deems the following individuals as dependents, for purposes of dependent coverage under TRICARE (a Department of Defense [DOD] managed health care program): (1) a child who has not yet attained age 26 and is not eligible to enroll in any employer-sponsored plan; or (2) a person who is in the legal custody of the covered member, has not attained age 26, is not eligible to enroll in any employer-sponsored plan, resides with the member, is not otherwise a dependent under TRICARE, and is not the child of another covered beneficiary. Requires a premium payment for such coverage.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

TRICARE Dependent Coverage Extension Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] · 33 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Patty Murray (D-WA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Ron Wyden (D-OR)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-s3201 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111