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Servicemembers' Health Insurance Protection Act of 2005

Introduced: May 3, 2005 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 24, 2005
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 23, 2005
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 23, 2005
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3740-3741)
May 23, 2005
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3740-3741)
May 23, 2005
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2046.
May 23, 2005
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3740-3743)
May 23, 2005
Mr. Boozman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 19, 2005
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 45.
May 19, 2005
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 109-88.
May 11, 2005
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 11, 2005
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 11, 2005
Provisions of H.R. 1292 Incorporated in This Measure, Section 4.
May 5, 2005
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
May 5, 2005
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 4, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
May 3, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 3, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E855)
May 3, 2005
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 19, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Servicemembers' Health Insurance Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to entitle a servicemember ordered to active duty, upon release from active duty, to reinstatement of health insurance in effect on the day before service commenced without any premium increase for the balance of the period for which there would have been coverage had it not been terminated. Permits a health care insurance carrier to increase a servicemember's premium if there was general premium increase for similarly covered individuals during the period between the termination and the reinstatement.

Amends the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) to preserve employer-sponsored health plan reinstatement rights for certain Reserve-component members who prior to entering active duty acquire TRICARE (a Department of Defense managed health care program) eligibility.

Makes technical corrections to the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004.

Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief Act, 2005 to repeal provisions revising codified law concerning elections of members to reduce or decline insurance, and the redesignation of beneficiaries, under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program. Reinstates the codified provisions as if such amendments had not been enacted.

Requires that, whenever a member eligible for SGLI insurance executes a life insurance option (an option not to be insured, to be insured for less than the maximum coverage amount, or to designate a person other than a spouse or child as a beneficiary), the Secretary of the military department concerned shall notify the member's spouse or (if not married) next of kin of the execution of such option. Requires that, whenever an unmarried member who is eligible for such insurance marries, the Secretary concerned shall notify the member's spouse as to whether the member is insured under SGLI, what insurance coverage elections the member has made, and whether the member has designated a beneficiary other that the spouse or a child of such member.

What's happening now May 24, 2005

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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