H.R. 6585

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6585 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6585

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to temporarily extend the 
period during which certain individuals may file claims for medical 
care under the CHAMPVA program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 10, 2025

Mr. Nunn of Iowa (for himself and Mr. Davis of North Carolina) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs

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A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to temporarily extend the 
period during which certain individuals may file claims for medical 
care under the CHAMPVA program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
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. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PERIOD DURING WHICH CERTAIN 
INDIVIDUALS MAY FILE CLAIMS FOR MEDICAL CARE UNDER 
CHAMPVA PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--With respect to a covered individual who seeks 
retroactive approval for medical care under section 1781 of title 38, 
United States Code, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure, 
during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 
and ending on September 30, 2027, if such individual is retroactively 
approved, the period during which the covered individual may file a 
claim for such medical care--
(1) begins on the date on which the individual receives 
notice of such retroactive approval; and
(2) ends not earlier than 365 days after such date.
(b) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to 
carry out subsection (a).
(c) Covered Individual Defined.--In this section, the term 
``covered individual'' means an individual who is eligible for such 
medical care under such section and also entitled to hospital insurance 
benefits under part A of the program of health insurance administered 
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.).
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