[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 423 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 423

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

                           February 16, 2017

 Mr. Tester (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
Mr. Brown, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Manchin, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Reed, 
and Mr. Udall) 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 2017''.

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) Before January 1, 2018, 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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