ANNUAL ENROLLMENT FEES FOR CERTAIN RETIREES AND DEPENDENTS.

SEC. 701. ANNUAL ENROLLMENT FEES FOR CERTAIN RETIREES AND DEPENDENTS. (a) Annual Enrollment Fees.—Section 1097(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “The Secretary of Defense” and inserting “(1) The Secretary of Defense”; (2) by striking “A premium,” and inserting “Except as provided by paragraph (2), a premium,”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) Beginning October 1, 2012, the Secretary of Defense may only increase in any year the annual enrollment fees described in paragraph (1) by an amount equal to the percentage by which retired pay is increased under section 1401a of this title.” . (b) [10 U.S.C. 1097 note] Clarification of Application for Fiscal Year 2013.—The Secretary of Defense shall determine the maximum enrollment fees for TRICARE Prime under section 1097(e)(2) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), for fiscal year 2013 and thereafter as if the enrollment fee for each enrollee during fiscal year 2012 was the amount charged to an enrollee who enrolled for the first time during such fiscal year.