[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 727 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 727

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

                             March 11, 2021

   Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Tester, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
   Blumenthal, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Casey, Ms. 
Baldwin, Mr. Reed, and Mrs. Gillibrand) 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 2021''.

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) 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.--Subsection (c) of such section, as amended by 
subsection (a), shall apply with respect to medical care provided under 
such section on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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