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HR 5740 109th Congress House Health Disabled Employee health benefits Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government employees' health insurance Health insurance continuation Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Local employees Medical economics State employees

To remove the 18 or 36 month limitation on the period of COBRA continuation coverage.

Introduced: June 29, 2006 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 7, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jul 17, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
Jun 29, 2006
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Government Reform, 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.
Jun 29, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to remove all limitations on Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) continuation coverage that establish a period by which such coverage must end, and instead provides no deadline for discontinuing such coverage. Sets forth a formula to determine the maximum allowable premium that certain qualified disabled beneficiaries and individuals receiving extended coverage provided pursuant to this Act may be charged based on the average monthly actuarial cost of such continuation coverage.

Applies such provisions to continuation coverage provided pursuant to the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).

What's happening now September 7, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Sep 21, 2006
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Jun 29, 2006
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McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Jun 29, 2006
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5740: To remove the 18 or 36 month limitation on the period of COBRA continuation coverage.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5740/
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"H.R. 5740: To remove the 18 or 36 month limitation on the period of COBRA continuation coverage.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5740/.
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H.R. 5740, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5740/.
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