CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1034
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2019-04-04
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Military personnel and dependents

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2019</strong></p> <p>This bill provides that a child shall be eligible for medical care under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) until the child's 26th birthday, regardless of the child's marital status.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1034 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 4, 2019 Mr. Brown (for himself, Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Tester , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Reed , Mrs. Murray , Ms. Stabenow , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Sanders , 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2019 . 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 Such subsection, as so amended, shall apply with respect to medical care provided on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.