HR 1619
111th Congress
House
Health
Child health
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Children's Health Protection Act of 2009
Introduced: March 19, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 14, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 23, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 19, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 19, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Mar 19, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, 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 19, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Mar 19, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Children's Health Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan from imposing any preexisting condition exclusion for individuals who have not attained 25 years of age.
Applies such requirement to coverage offered in the individual market.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.