HR 2831
111th Congress
House
Health
Employee benefits and pensions
Family relationships
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Young Adult Healthcare Coverage Act of 2009
Introduced: June 11, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 17, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6908)
Jun 12, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 11, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Jun 11, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 11, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jun 11, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Young Adult Healthcare Coverage Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act to require a group health plan that provides coverage for dependent children to make available such coverage, at the option of the participant involved, to a participant's child who (but for age) would be treated as a dependent child and who: (1) is under 30 years of age; (2) is not married; (3) has no dependents; (4) is a citizen or national of the United States; and (5) is not provided coverage as a participant, beneficiary, or enrollee under any other creditable coverage.
Applies such requirement to individual health insurance coverage.
What's happening now
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6908)
Committees of jurisdiction
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