[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2572 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2572

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that employers of 
members of the National Guard and Reserve who are called to active duty 
continue to offer health care coverage for dependents of such members, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 24, 2005

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Armed Services, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that employers of 
members of the National Guard and Reserve who are called to active duty 
continue to offer health care coverage for dependents of such members, 
                        and for other purposes.

    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 ``Reservist Health Care Continuity 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMPLOYER HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR ENTIRE PERIOD OF 
              ABSENCE FOR DEPENDENTS OF NATIONAL GUARDSMEN AND 
              RESERVISTS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY.

    Section 4317(a)(1)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(i) in the case of an employer with 20 
        or fewer employees'' after ``(A)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new clause:
            ``(ii) in the case of an employer with more than 20 
        employees, the period of such absence; or''.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT FOR GOVERNMENT REIMBURSEMENT FOR EMPLOYER SHARE OF 
              HEALTH CARE PREMIUMS.

    Section 4317(a) of such title is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph:
    ``(4) The Secretary of Defense shall reimburse an employer for the 
employer share of any premiums for health care coverage provided 
pursuant to this section to a person performing service in the 
uniformed services for each month during the period of such service.''.
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