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HR 1281 105th Congress House

Student Health Insurance Portability Protection Act of 1997

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act and other laws to apply the health insurance portability requirements applicable to group health plans to students covered under college-sponsored health plans.

Introduced: May 7, 1997 See on congress.gov
Health Access to health careCollege studentsEducationEmployee health benefits
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 28, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Apr 24, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Apr 15, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 10, 1997
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Apr 10, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Apr 10, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 10, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
Apr 10, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E633)
Apr 10, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 28, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Student Health Insurance Portability Protection Act of 1997 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to apply health insurance portability, access, and renewability requirements to coverage offered in connection with a college-sponsored health plan as they apply to a group health plan.

Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to include coverage under a college-sponsored plan in the definition of "creditable coverage."

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 6 Independent 1
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 7, 1997
KLECZKA, GERALD
· May 7, 1997
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 7, 1997
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 7, 1997
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 7, 1997
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 24, 1997
DOOLEY, CAL
· Apr 24, 1997
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Apr 24, 1997
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 24, 1997
Faleomavaega, Eni
· Apr 10, 1997
FROST, MARTIN
· Apr 10, 1997
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 10, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1281: Student Health Insurance Portability Protection Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1281/
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"H.R. 1281: Student Health Insurance Portability Protection Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1281/.
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