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Health Care Fairness for Military Families Act of 2025

To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve dependent coverage under the TRICARE Young Adult Program.

Introduced Jul 25, 2025

Latest action (Jul 25, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Referred to
Armed Services Committee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Issues
DefenseHealthcare

Summary

This Act amends federal military law to improve health care coverage for military dependents under the TRICARE Young Adult Program. The bill expands eligibility for young adult dependents by removing certain restrictions on coverage. It also eliminates the separate premium requirement for young adult dependents to participate in the program. These changes aim to improve health care access and affordability for military families.

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Sponsor (1)
77 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jul 25, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
  2. Jul 25, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 2448 — Health Care Fairness for Military Families Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 24, 2025 · Cong. 119 98%
  • S 2575 — Healthcare for Our Troops Act · Introduced Jul 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 79%
  • HR 3636 — To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the process by which the Secretary of Defense verifies that health care professionals of the military departments are appropriately licensed. · Introduced May 29, 2025 · Cong. 119 75%
  • HR 873 — To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the rate of pay for care or services provided under the TRICARE program based on the location at which such care or services were provided. · Introduced Jan 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%
  • S 1245 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand health care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes. · Introduced Jul 30, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%
  • HR 3547 — Servicemember Healthcare Freedom Act of 2025 · Introduced May 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Jul 25, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 25, 2025

Mr. Ryan (for himself, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. Finstad, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Moylan, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Bell, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Elfreth, Mr. Foster, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Underwood, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Ross, Ms. Titus, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Keating, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Deluzio, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Goodlander, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Costa, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Levin, Mr. Larsen of Washington, and Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve dependent coverage under the TRICARE Young Adult Program.

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 “Health Care Fairness for Military Families Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO DEPENDENT COVERAGE UNDER TRICARE YOUNG ADULT PROGRAM.

(a) Expansion of Eligibility.—Subsection (b) of section 1110b of title 10, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking paragraph (3); and

(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs

(3) and (4), respectively.

(b) Elimination of Separate Premium for a Young Adult.—Such section is further amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by striking “In accordance with subsection (c), an individual” and inserting “An individual”; and

(2) by striking subsection (c).

(c) Conforming Amendment.—Section 1075(c)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “section 1076d, 1076e, or 1110b” and inserting “section 1076d or 1076e”. <all>

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