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HR 2292 111th Congress House Health Child health Employee benefits and pensions Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health promotion and preventive care Income tax deductions

Healthy Kids for Healthy Futures Act of 2009

Introduced: May 6, 2009 Introduced by: Thompson, Mike Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 4, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
May 7, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 6, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
May 6, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
May 6, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
May 6, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
May 6, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Healthy Kids for Healthy Futures Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan to provide coverage for appropriate preventive care for a participant's dependent child who is not more than 18 years of age. Defines "appropriate preventive care" to mean medical care that meets the most recent Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents. Prohibits a group health plan from imposing any cost-sharing for such preventive services.

Prohibits a group health plan from taking specified actions to avoid the requirements of this Act.

Applies the provisions of this Act to individual health insurance coverage.

Excludes a plan from being treated as a high deductible health plan unless the requirements of this Act are met.

What's happening now June 4, 2009

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

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2292: Healthy Kids for Healthy Futures Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2292/
MLA
"H.R. 2292: Healthy Kids for Healthy Futures Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2292/.
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H.R. 2292, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2292/.
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