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HR 991 106th Congress House Health Access to health care College students Education Employee health benefits Health insurance Health insurance portability Higher education Labor and Employment Standards

Student Health Insurance Portability Protection Act of 1999

Introduced: March 4, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 9, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Apr 7, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Mar 23, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 4, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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.
Mar 4, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E354)
Mar 4, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Student Health Insurance Portability Protection Act of 1999 - 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."

What's happening now April 9, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6 Independent 1
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Apr 15, 1999
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Apr 13, 1999
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 4, 1999
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Mar 4, 1999
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 4, 1999
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 4, 1999
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 4, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 991: Student Health Insurance Portability Protection Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-991/
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"H.R. 991: Student Health Insurance Portability Protection Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-991/.
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