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HR 218 114th Congress House

CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2015

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program.

Introduced: January 8, 2015 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Child healthHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessMilitary personnel and dependentsVeterans' medical care
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Feb 6, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 8, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jan 8, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 6, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2015

Increases from 23 to 26 the maximum age of eligibility for certain dependent children of veterans for medical care under CHAMPVA (the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA]).

 Related & companion bills 1
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1
McSally, Martha
· Jun 9, 2015
Graham, Gwen
· Feb 27, 2015
 D
Connolly, Gerald E.
Virginia · Feb 10, 2015
Walz, Timothy
· Jan 8, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 218: CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-218/
MLA
"H.R. 218: CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-218/.
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H.R. 218, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-218/.
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