CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2023
Latest action · Mar 30, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 30, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2023
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.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 30, 2023 to Jul 11, 2024; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Mar 30, 2023 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Mar 30, 2023 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Mar 30, 2023 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Mar 30, 2023 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Mar 30, 2023 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Mar 30, 2023 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Mar 30, 2023 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Mar 30, 2023 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Mar 30, 2023 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Mar 30, 2023 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Apr 20, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Jun 1, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Jun 8, 2023 | |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Jul 26, 2023 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Jul 26, 2023 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Oct 3, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Oct 4, 2023 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Oct 4, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Jul 11, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 30, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Mar 30, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RS22483 | Health Care for Dependents and Survivors of Veterans | Report | Oct 16, 2024 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 605 | CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2025 | Cross-Congress related bill | May 21, 2025 |
| S 727 | CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2021 | Reintroduction of | Jun 23, 2021 |
| HR 2414 | CHAMPVA Children’s Care Protection Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Apr 14, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2023Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
