United States 119th Congress Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 10 D · 1 I cosponsors

S 605 — CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2025

Last action — Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced February 18, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

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  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 11 sponsors

    1 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (10 D · 1 I) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2025This 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.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill increases the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program from 23 to 26 years old.

  • 38 U.S.C. § 1781

    a child between the ages of eighteen and twenty-three (1) who is eligible for benefits under subsection (a) of this section, (2) who is pursuing a full-time course of instruction at an educational institution approved under chapter 36 of this title, and (3) who, while pursuing such course of instruction, incurs a disabling illness or injury (including a disabling illness or injury incurred between terms, semesters, or quarters or during a vacation or holiday period) which is not the result of such child’s own willful misconduct and which results in such child’s inability to continue or resume such child’s chosen program of education at an approved educational institution shall remain eligible for benefits under this section until the end of the six-month period beginning on the date the disability is removed, the end of the two-year period beginning on the date of the onset of the disability, or the twenty-third birthday of the child, whichever occurs first. → (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.

    This change allows children up to the age of 26 to be eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program.

Action History

  1. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.

  2. Introduced in Senate

  3. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 536 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (536)

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Subjects

veterans healthcare health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

What does S 605 do?
CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2025This 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.
Who sponsors S 605?
S 605 is sponsored by Gillibrand, Kirsten E. (Democratic), Rosen, Jacky (Democratic), Padilla, Alex (Democratic), Sanders, Bernard (Independent), Murray, Patty (Democratic), Durbin, Richard J. (Democratic), Whitehouse, Sheldon (Democratic), Reed, Jack (Democratic), Murphy, Christopher (Democratic), Kim, Andy (Democratic), and Blumenthal, Richard (Democratic).
What is the current status of S 605?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced February 18, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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