S 563
112th Congress
Senate
Labor and Employment
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Equal Access to COBRA Act of 2011
Introduced: March 10, 2011
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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 10, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 10, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Equal Access to COBRA Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and Public Health Service Act to expand COBRA coverage (health insurance continuation benefits) to include an employee's domestic partner and any dependent child of the domestic partner.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1