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S 1500 112th Congress Senate

Ensure Children Have Health Care Act

Official title: A bill to give Americans access to affordable child-only health insurance coverage.

Introduced: September 6, 2011 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
Health Administrative law and regulatory proceduresChild healthDepartment of Health and Human ServicesHealth care costs and insurance
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It never became law before the 112th Congress (2011–2012) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Aug 2, 2011
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensure Children Have Health Care Act - Permits a health insurance issuer that is licensed to offer child-only health insurance coverage in one state to also offer such coverage to eligible residents of other states.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) provide for the application of a uniform annual enrollment period for such coverage; and (2) promulgate regulations that provide protections to enrollees, ensure the solvency of health insurance issuers that offer such coverage, and clarify the procedures that would apply when an enrollee has a complaint concerning his or her coverage.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1500: Ensure Children Have Health Care Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1500/
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"S. 1500: Ensure Children Have Health Care Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1500/.
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