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
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 19, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 19, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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