Health Insurance Access for Young Workers and College Students Act of 2009
Latest action · Dec 8, 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.
- IntroducedOct 21, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Health Insurance Access for Young Workers and College Students Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan that treats an individual who is a dependent child of a plan participant or beneficiary as a plan beneficiary to continue to treat the individual as a dependent child through at least the end of the plan year in which the individual turns age 25.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 21, 2009 to Nov 19, 2009; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Dave Camp | Original | Oct 21, 2009 |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Original | Oct 21, 2009 |
| R-TX | Joe Barton | Original | Oct 21, 2009 |
| R-MN | John Kline | Original | Oct 21, 2009 |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Original | Oct 21, 2009 |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Oct 22, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Ander Crenshaw | Nov 19, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Mary Bono | Nov 19, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Nov 19, 2009 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Oct 21, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 22, 2009 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Oct 21, 2009 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Oct 21, 2009 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Dec 8, 2009 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Oct 22, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 21, 2009Introduced in House
- Oct 21, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Oct 21, 2009Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Oct 21, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
- Oct 21, 2009Referred to House Education and Labor
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve health insurance coverage of dependents.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Health Insurance Access for Young Workers and College Students Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2009Introduced in House
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