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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 605 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for |
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| 6 | 6 | | children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and |
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| 7 | 7 | | for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY18, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | LUMENTHAL(for himself, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. PADILLA, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. S |
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| 13 | 13 | | ANDERS, Mrs. MURRAY, and Mr. DURBIN) introduced the following |
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| 14 | 14 | | bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ |
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| 15 | 15 | | Affairs |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the |
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| 18 | 18 | | maximum age for children eligible for medical care under |
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| 19 | 19 | | the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘CHAMPVA Children’s 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Care Protection Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •S 605 IS |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. INCREASE OF MAXIMUM AGE FOR CHILDREN ELIGI-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | BLE FOR MEDICAL CARE UNDER CHAMPVA 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | PROGRAM. 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) I |
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| 32 | 32 | | NCREASE.—Subsection (c) of section 1781 of 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | lows: 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(c)(1) Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (iii) of sec-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | tion 101(4)(A) of this title and except as provided in para-8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | graph (2), for purposes of this section, a child is eligible 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | for benefits under subsection (a) until the child’s 26th 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | birthday, regardless of the child’s marital status. 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(2) This subsection shall not be construed to limit 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | eligibility for benefits under subsection (a) of a child de-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | scribed in section 101(4)(A)(ii) of this title.’’. 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) E |
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| 44 | 44 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—Subsection (c) of such sec-15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | tion, as amended by subsection (a), shall apply with re-16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | spect to medical care provided under such section on or 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act. 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Æ |
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