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HR 2831 111th Congress House

Young Adult Healthcare Coverage Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to require the option of extension of dependent coverage for unm… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to require the option of extension of dependent coverage for unmarried, uninsured children under 30 years of age under group health plans and under group and individual health insurance coverage.

Introduced: June 11, 2009 See on congress.gov
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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
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 Latest action June 17, 2009

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6908)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 6
Halvorson, Deborah
· Nov 3, 2009
Kratovil, Frank
· Oct 27, 2009
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Oct 6, 2009
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Sep 10, 2009
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 23, 2009
Murphy, Patrick
· Jun 23, 2009
Carney, Christopher
· Jun 18, 2009
Sestak, Joe
· Jun 18, 2009
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jun 12, 2009
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Jun 11, 2009
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jun 11, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2831: Young Adult Healthcare Coverage Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2831/
MLA
"H.R. 2831: Young Adult Healthcare Coverage Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2831/.
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H.R. 2831, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2831/.
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