REQUIREMENT OF BUDGET NEUTRALITY FOR TRICARE PROGRAM TO BE BASED ON ENTIRE PROGRAM.

SEC. 714. REQUIREMENT OF BUDGET NEUTRALITY FOR TRICARE PROGRAM TO BE BASED ON ENTIRE PROGRAM. (a) Change in Budget Neutrality Requirements.— Subsection (c) of section 731 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103–160; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note) is amended— (1) by striking out “each managed health care initiative that includes the option” and inserting in lieu thereof “the TRICARE program”; and (2) by striking out “covered beneficiaries who enroll in the option” and inserting in lieu thereof “members of the uniformed services and covered beneficiaries who participate in the TRICARE program”. (b) Addition of Definition of TRICARE Program.— Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows: “(d) Definitions.— For purposes of this section: “(1) The term ‘covered beneficiary’ means a beneficiary under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, other than a beneficiary under section 1074(a) of such title. “(2) The term ‘TRICARE program’ means the managed health care program that is established by the Secretary of Defense under the authority of chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, principally section 1097 of such title, and includes the competitive selection of contractors to financially underwrite the delivery of health care services under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services.”.