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HR 3887 111th Congress House Labor and Employment Employee benefits and pensions Family relationships Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access

Health Insurance Access for Young Workers and College Students Act of 2009

Introduced: October 21, 2009 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
Dec 8, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Oct 22, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 21, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Oct 21, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Oct 21, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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.
Oct 21, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Oct 21, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Health Insurance Access for Young Workers and College Students Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan that treats an individual who is a dependent child of a plan participant or beneficiary as a plan beneficiary to continue to treat the individual as a dependent child through at least the end of the plan year in which the individual turns age 25.

What's happening now December 8, 2009

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

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Oct 22, 2009
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Oct 21, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3887: Health Insurance Access for Young Workers and College Students Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3887/
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"H.R. 3887: Health Insurance Access for Young Workers and College Students Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3887/.
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H.R. 3887, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3887/.
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