119-s605

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 605 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 605

To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for 
 children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for 
 other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 18, 2025

 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Padilla, 
 Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Durbin) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
 Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for 
 children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, 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 ``CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE OF MAXIMUM AGE FOR CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL CARE 
 UNDER CHAMPVA PROGRAM.

    (a) Increase.--Subsection
            (c) of 

section 1781 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
 ``
            (c) (1) Notwithstanding clauses
            (i) and
            (iii) of 

section 101

    (4)
        (A) of this title and except as provided in paragraph

    (2) , for purposes of 
this section, a child is eligible for benefits under subsection

    (a) until the child's 26th birthday, regardless of the child's marital 
status.
 ``

    (2) This subsection shall not be construed to limit eligibility 
for benefits under subsection

    (a) of a child described in 

section 101

    (4)
        (A)
            (ii) of this title.''.

    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection
            (c) of such section, as amended by 
subsection

    (a) , shall apply with respect to medical care provided under 
such section on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
 <all>