Healthy Kids for Healthy Futures Act of 2009
Latest action · Jun 4, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
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 6, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Healthy Kids for Healthy Futures Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan to provide coverage for appropriate preventive care for a participant's dependent child who is not more than 18 years of age. Defines "appropriate preventive care" to mean medical care that meets the most recent Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents. Prohibits a group health plan from imposing any cost-sharing for such preventive services.
Prohibits a group health plan from taking specified actions to avoid the requirements of this Act.
Applies the provisions of this Act to individual health insurance coverage.
Excludes a plan from being treated as a high deductible health plan unless the requirements of this Act are met.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 6, 2009 to Sep 14, 2009, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | May 6, 2009 |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Sep 14, 2009 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- May 7, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 6, 2009Introduced in House
- May 6, 2009Referred to House Education and Labor
- May 6, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 6, 2009Introduced in House
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