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Servicemember Healthcare Freedom Act of 2025
To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow members of the Selected Reserve and National Guard holding employment within the Federal Government the choice between military and civilian healthcare plans, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill allows members of the Selected Reserve and National Guard who work for the Federal Government as civilians to choose between military healthcare (TRICARE Reserve Select) and civilian Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) plans. Currently, federal civilian employees are prohibited from enrolling in TRICARE Reserve Select if they are eligible for FEHB; the bill removes this prohibition. The change takes effect January 1, 2026, providing these dual-status military and civilian employees continuity of care and flexibility in choosing their healthcare coverage.
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- May 21, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
- May 21, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 21, 2025
Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia (for herself and Ms. Goodlander) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow members of the Selected Reserve and National Guard holding employment within the Federal Government the choice between military and civilian healthcare plans, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Servicemember Healthcare Freedom Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Thousands of members of reserve components and the National Guard, in addition to their military service, work for the United States Government in a civilian capacity.
(2) Nearly all members of the Selected Reserve and the National Guard, and their families, are entitled to purchase a TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) healthcare plan as a service- related benefit.
(3) As of the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, eligibility for Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) prohibits members of the Selected Reserve and National Guard from enrolling in Tricare Reserve Select plans.
(4) Removal of such prohibition for members of the Selected Reserve and the National Guard will provide continuity of care throughout mobilization cycles.
(5) Providing members of the Armed Forces with the ability to purchase comprehensive, low-cost health insurance increases the readiness and lethality of the Armed Forces as a whole.
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF EXPIRATION DATE TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE AND NATIONAL GUARD, ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS, TO ENROLL INTO TRICARE RESERVE SELECT AS OF JANUARY 1, 2026.
Section 1076d(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “January 1, 2030” and inserting “January 1, 2026”. <all>
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