3.0.0 1739 2023-01-12T17:52:44Z 2023-01-12T17:52:44Z Senate S S 2007-06-28 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-06-28T22:21:52Z 2007-06-28 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8711-8713) IntroReferral 2007-06-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8709-8711) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-06-28 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-07-20 False Taxation Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Death Divorce Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Families Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government employees' health insurance Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Health Health insurance Health insurance continuation Income tax Insurance companies Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Medicare Social Welfare Tax credits Trade adjustment assistance Taxation 00 2007-06-28 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-13T15:41:32Z TAA Health Coverage Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax credit for the health insurance costs of trade adjustment assistance (TAA) workers to, among other things: (1) increase the rate of such credit from 65 to 95% of health insurance costs ; (2) allow for the full amount of such credit and for full payment of TAA worker health insurance premiums for months prior to the issuance of a qualified health insurance costs credit eligibility certificate; and (3) set forth new tax credit eligibility rules for TAA workers and their family members.

Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a program to offer TAA workers enrollment in the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP).

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to: (1) prevent a lapse of health care coverage for TAA workers; and (2) align coverage periods under such Act with eligibility periods for TAA workers.

Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require a state or entity to use national emergency grant funds to provide TAA workers and their family members with health insurance coverage for periods prior to their first eligibility month.

]]> TAA Health Coverage Improvement Act of 2007 Display Title TAA Health Coverage Improvement Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the health coverage tax credit, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced TAA Health Coverage Improvement Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1739is/xml/BILLS-110s1739is.xml 2007-06-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8711-8713) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.