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Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2009

Introduced: March 5, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Apr 29, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 5, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 5, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to add a program for emergency retiree health benefit protections.

Prohibits group health plans from reducing retiree health benefits after the retirement of a plan beneficiary. Requires such plans to adopt provisions barring post-retirement reductions in retiree health benefits.

Requires group health plan sponsors to grant retired plan participants the option of benefit restoration. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to waive or vary requirements for benefit restoration if compliance with such requirements would: (1) be adverse to the interests of plan participants in the aggregate; (2) not be administratively feasible; and (3) cause substantial business hardship to plan sponsors.

Establishes the Emergency Retiree Health Loan Guarantee Program. Authorizes the Program to guarantee loans provided by private financial institutions to assist plan sponsors in meeting benefit restoration obligations under this Act. Terminates loan guarantee authority after 2015.

Authorizes the Secretary to assess civil penalties for violations of this Act.

What's happening now April 29, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 10
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jul 13, 2010
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 22, 2009
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Sep 10, 2009
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jun 2, 2009
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 2, 2009
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 12, 2009
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · May 5, 2009
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 5, 2009
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 21, 2009
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 21, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1322: Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1322/
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"H.R. 1322: Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1322/.
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