Summary

Requires the Department of Defense to treat pregnancy and loss of pregnancy as qualifying life events for TRICARE enrollment changes (except when the event is an abortion), and to tell beneficiaries what documentation to provide. Directs the Secretary to report within two years on access to maternal health services across military treatment facilities and TRICARE network providers, and to create a Military OneSource web guide, training, and notification processes for pregnancy-related resources—excluding abortion information.

Key Points

• Adds pregnancy and loss of pregnancy as TRICARE qualifying life events within 1 year, allowing out-of-cycle enrollment changes for covered beneficiaries (excluding abortion).
• Requires the Secretary of Defense to specify documentation beneficiaries must provide to effect enrollment changes tied to pregnancy-related QLEs.
• Mandates a Department of Defense report within 2 years reviewing access to maternal health care across military facilities and TRICARE network providers, including staffing gaps, timeliness, costs, maternity care deserts, continuity of care, and recommendations.