[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3007 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3007

  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Employee Retirement 
   Income Security Act of 1974, and the Public Health Service Act to 
     extend for 3 years the period of COBRA continuation coverage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 1993

 Mr. Stark (for himself and Ms. Pelosi) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy 
                 and Commerce, and Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Employee Retirement 
   Income Security Act of 1974, and the Public Health Service Act to 
     extend for 3 years the period of COBRA continuation coverage.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``COBRA Extension Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AMENDMENTS.

    Section 4980B(f)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(relating to period of continuation coverage) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by inserting ``Subject to clause (vi)--
        '' after ``Maximum required period.--'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(vi) 36-month extension.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--With respect to 
                                an individual whose period of coverage 
                                has not ended before the effective date 
                                specified in section 5(a) of the COBRA 
                                Extension Act of 1993, the period 
                                specified in clause (i) shall be 
                                extended by 36 months.
                                    ``(II) Exception.--Subclause (I) 
                                shall not apply to an individual 
                                described in the last sentence of 
                                clause (i).''.

SEC. 3. ERISA AMENDMENTS.

    Section 602(2) of Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
(29 U.S.C. 1162(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``Subject to 
        subparagraph (F)--'' after ``Maximum required period.--'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) 36-month extension.--
                            ``(i) In general.--With respect to an 
                        individual whose period of coverage has not 
                        ended before the effective date specified in 
                        section 5(a) of the COBRA Extension Act of 
                        1993, the period specified in subparagraph (A) 
                        shall be extended by 36 months.
                            ``(ii) Exception.--Clause (i) shall not 
                        apply to an individual described in the last 
                        sentence of subparagraph (A).''.

SEC. 4. PHSA AMENDMENTS.

    Section 2202(2) of Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300bb-2(2)) 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``Subject to 
        subparagraph (F)--'' after ``Maximum required period.--'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) 36-month extension.--
                            ``(i) In general.--With respect to an 
                        individual whose period of coverage has not 
                        ended before the effective date specified in 
                        section 5(a) of the COBRA Extension Act of 
                        1993, the period specified in subparagraph (A) 
                        shall be extended by 36 months.
                            ``(ii) Exception.--Clause (i) shall not 
                        apply to an individual described in the last 
                        sentence of subparagraph (A).''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the effective date 
(specified in this section) is the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Plan Years.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply to 
plan years beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
regardless of whether the qualifying event occurred before, on, or 
after such date.

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