HR 5550
110th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Disabled
Families
Federal employees
Government employees' health insurance
Health
Mentally disabled
To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the maximum age to qualify for coverage as a "child" under the health benefits program for Federal employees.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 10, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Mar 6, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Mar 6, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Includes an unmarried dependent child who is under 25 years of age (currently, under age 22) or incapable of self-support because of a mental or physical disability that existed before age 25 (currently, before age 22) as a member of a federal employee's family who is eligible for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Committees of jurisdiction
2