To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense to include on a website of the Department of Defense certain information with respect to a patient booking an appointment for health care provided under the TRICARE program at a military medical treatment facility, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · July 22, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
The Reducing Military Health Care Wait Times Act directs the Department of Defense to publicly display specific information about appointment wait times and referral processing at military medical treatment facilities on a Defense Department website. The legislation requires the annual TRICARE Program Evaluation Report to Congress include data on the average number of days between when patients book appointments and when those appointments occur, as well as the percentage of referrals made within one business day of patient contact. This requirement makes permanent certain transparency measures that the Defense Health Agency voluntarily began reporting in their 2024 evaluation. The bill affects active-duty service members, veterans, and their families who receive health care through the TRICARE military health program. The legislation contains no specific funding authorization or implementation timeline beyond requiring the information be included in future annual program evaluation reports.
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