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S 643 111th Congress Senate Health Child health Disability and health-based discrimination Employee benefits and pensions Health care costs and insurance

Children's Health Protection Act of 2009

Introduced: March 19, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Mar 19, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 19, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Children's Health Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan from imposing any preexisting condition exclusion for individuals who have not attained 25 years of age.

Applies such requirement to coverage offered in the individual market.

What's happening now March 19, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1619 Identical bill Children's Health Protection Act of 2009
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 30, 2009
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Mar 19, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 643: Children's Health Protection Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-643/
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"S. 643: Children's Health Protection Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-643/.
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S. 643, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-643/.
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