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CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2023

Source: Congress.gov · 371 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill changes the rules for the CHAMPVA program (Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs), which provides medical care to families of military veterans. The bill increases the maximum age that children can receive this medical care. The changes apply to medical care provided after the bill becomes law.

Who It Affects

Children covered under the CHAMPVA program who are eligible for medical benefits.

Key Provisions

• Children can receive CHAMPVA medical benefits until their 26th birthday, regardless of whether they are married (Sec. 2(a)) • The rule does not limit benefits for children who are already eligible under another specific category in federal law (Sec. 2(a))

What Changes

The bill increases the maximum age for CHAMPVA coverage to the child's 26th birthday. Previously, different age limits applied. The bill removes marital status as a factor that would end a child's eligibility.

Important Definitions

CHAMPVA: A health insurance program that provides medical care for certain family members of eligible military veterans and deceased veterans.

Effective Date

Not specified in bill text. The bill states it applies to medical care provided "on or after the date of the enactment of this Act" but does not provide a specific calendar date.

II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1119 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 MARCH 30, 2023 Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. TESTER, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. REED, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. STABENOW, and Ms. BALDWIN) 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘CHAMPVA Children’s 4 Care Protection Act of 2023’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:10 Apr 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1119.IS S1119 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •S 1119 IS SEC. 2. INCREASE OF MAXIMUM AGE FOR CHILDREN ELIGI- 1 BLE FOR MEDICAL CARE UNDER CHAMPVA 2 PROGRAM. 3 (a) INCREASE.—Subsection (c) of section 1781 of 4 title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as fol- 5 lows: 6 ‘‘(c)(1) Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (iii) of sec- 7 tion 101(4)(A) of this title and except as provided in para- 8 graph (2), for purposes of this section, a child is eligible 9 for benefits under subsection (a) until the child’s 26th 10 birthday, regardless of the child’s marital status. 11 ‘‘(2) This subsection shall not be construed to limit 12 eligibility for benefits under subsection (a) of a child de- 13 scribed in section 101(4)(A)(ii) of this title.’’. 14 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (c) of such sec- 15 tion, as amended by subsection (a), shall apply with re- 16 spect to medical care provided under such section on or 17 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:10 Apr 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1119.IS S1119 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB

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