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HR 6451 111th Congress House

Fifth Health Insurance Protects America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act

Official title: To repeal provisions of the recently enacted health care reform law that prohibit preexisting condition exclusions or other discrimination based on health status for children.

Introduced: November 29, 2010 See on congress.gov
Health Child healthComprehensive health careDisability and health-based discriminationHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and access
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Latest action November 29, 2010

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fifth Health Insurance Protects America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that prohibit a health plan offering group or individual health insurance coverage from imposing any preexisting condition exclusion with respect to enrollees who are under 19 years of age.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6451: Fifth Health Insurance Protects America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6451/
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"H.R. 6451: Fifth Health Insurance Protects America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6451/.
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H.R. 6451, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6451/.
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