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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 564

   To amend section 1713 of title 38, United States Code, to provide 
    continuing eligibility for medical care under that section for 
 individuals who become eligible for hospital insurance benefits under 
    part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act by turning 65.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 19, 2001

Mr. Rockefeller introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend section 1713 of title 38, United States Code, to provide 
    continuing eligibility for medical care under that section for 
 individuals who become eligible for hospital insurance benefits under 
    part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act by turning 65.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER CHAMPVA OF 
              INDIVIDUALS WHO BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR HOSPITAL INSURANCE 
              BENEFITS UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT BY TURNING 65.

    Section 1713(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(2)'' before ``Notwithstanding''; and
            (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as designated by 
        paragraph (1) of this section, the following new paragraph (1):
    ``(1) Notwithstanding section 1086(d)(1) of title 10 or any other 
provision of law, an individual eligible for medical care under this 
section who is also entitled to hospital insurance benefits under part 
A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act by reason of being 65 years 
of age or older shall not lose eligibility for medical care under this 
section by virtue of entitlement to such hospital insurance 
benefits.''.
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