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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 See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 January 31, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 15, 1997
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Apr 23, 1997
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 4, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 444: 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.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-444/
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"H.R. 444: 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.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-444/.
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H.R. 444, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-444/.
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