ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL DENTAL BENEFITS PLANS FOR DEPENDENTS.

SEC. 701. ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL DENTAL BENEFITS PLANS FOR DEPENDENTS. (a) Authority to Establish.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 1076a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out “dental benefit plans” in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof “basic and supplemental dental benefits plans”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: “A member may not enroll in a supplemental dental benefits plan unless the member is also a member of a basic dental benefits plan.”. (b) Benefits Under Basic and Supplemental Dental Plans.—Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows: “(d) Benefits Available Under Plans.—(1) A basic dental benefits plan established under subsection (a) may provide only the following benefits: “(A) Diagnostic, oral examination, and preventative services and palliative emergency care. “(B) Basic restorative services of amalgam and composite restorations and stainless steel crowns for primary teeth, and dental appliance repairs. “(2) In addition to the benefits available under a basic dental benefits plan, a supplemental dental benefits plan established under subsection (a) may provide such dental care benefits as the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the other administering Secretaries, considers to be appropriate.”. 105 STAT. 1400 (c) Premium for Supplemental Plans.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended— (1) by inserting “Premiums.—” after “(b)”; (2) in paragraph (1), by striking out “dental benefit plan” and inserting in lieu thereof “dental benefits plan”; (3) in paragraph (2), by striking out “a plan under this section” and inserting in lieu thereof “a basic dental benefits plan”; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) A member enrolled in a supplemental dental benefits plan shall pay a supplemental monthly premium of not more than $15 for the member and the family of the member. The supplemental monthly premium shall be in addition to the premium payable under paragraph (2) for the member’s basic dental benefits plan.”. (d) Copayments.—Subsection (e) of such section is amended to read as follows: “(e) Copayments.—(1) A member whose spouse or child receives care under a basic dental benefits plan shall— “(A) “(A) pay no charge for care described in subsection (d)(1)(A); and “(B) “(B) pay 20 percent of the charges for care described in subsection (d)(1)(B). “(2) A supplemental dental benefits plan may require a member enrolled in that plan to pay not more than 50 percent of the charges for orthodontic services, crowns, gold fillings, bridges, or complete or partial dentures that are received by the spouse or a child of the member, are covered by that plan, and are not covered by the member’s basic dental benefits plan.”. (e) Clerical Amendments.—Such section is further amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting “Authority to Establish Plans.—” after “(a)”; (2) in subsection (c), by inserting “Deduction of Premium from Basic Pay.—” after “(c)”; (3) in subsection (f), by inserting “Transfer of Member.—” after “(f)”; (4) in subsection (g), by inserting “Authority Subject to Appropriations.—”; and (5) in subsection (h), by inserting “Limitations on Expenditures.—” after “(h)”.