HR 444
105th Congress
House
Health
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health insurance continuation
Insurance premiums
Insurance rates
Labor and Employment
Medicare
Retiree health benefits
Social Welfare
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to assist in assuring health coverage for workers over 55 who leave employment.
Introduced: January 9, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 31, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jan 17, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 9, 1997
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Jan 9, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Jan 9, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jan 9, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E74-75)
Jan 9, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for health insurance continuation for an employee between the age of 55 and the time of Medicare eligibility upon termination of employment (other than for gross misconduct).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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