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Julia Brownley (D-CA)

CHAMPVA Children’s Care Protection Act of 2025

H.R. 1404 · House bill Armed Forces and National Security

A Democratic bill with 39 Democratic cosponsors · See all 39 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the ``CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2025'', aims to amend title 38 of the United States Code. The primary goal is to increase the maximum age for children who are eligible for medical care through the CHAMPVA program. It changes the eligibility rules regarding a child's age and marital status. This change would apply to medical care provided on or after the date the Act is enacted.

Yes· 3 of 6

  • Scored +7

    Would children be better off under this?

    The bill extends the age of medical eligibility for children to age 26.

  • Scored +7

    Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this?

    Young adults up to age 26 gain continued medical coverage through the CHAMPVA program.

  • Scored +7

    Does this make health care easier to get in general?

    The bill extends medical coverage for children under the CHAMPVA program until their 26th birthday regardless of marital status.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.