Grieving Families Insurance Protection Act of 2009
Latest action · May 5, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 4, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Grieving Families Insurance Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a health insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage in the individual market from: (1) establishing or maintaining rules of eligibility of any individual to enroll under the terms of the coverage based on any individual's receipt of grief counseling at any time; or (2) reducing the benefits covered or offered for coverage on such basis.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 5, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 4, 2009Introduced in House
- May 4, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 4, 2009Introduced in House
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