[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 170 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 170

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 13, 2015

  Mr. Tester (for himself, Mrs. Murray and Mr. Heller) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs

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                                 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 2015''.

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 who is eligible for benefits under subsection (a) 
shall remain eligible for benefits under this section until the child's 
26th birthday, regardless of the child's marital status.
    ``(2) Before January 1, 2016, paragraph (1) shall not apply to a 
child who is eligible to enroll in an eligible employer-sponsored plan 
(as defined in section 5000A(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986).
    ``(3) 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.
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