[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3821 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3821

 To prevent States from limiting employers from using auto-enrollment 
                for employee health insurance coverage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 15, 2009

 Mr. Deal of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Blunt, 
and Mr. Buyer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prevent States from limiting employers from using auto-enrollment 
                for employee health insurance 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 ``Improved Employee Access to Health 
Insurance Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON STATE RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYER AUTO-ENROLLMENT.

    (a) In General.--No State shall establish a law that prevents an 
employer from instituting an auto-enrollment process for coverage of a 
participant or beneficiary under a group health plan, or health 
insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan, so long as 
the participant or beneficiary has the option of declining such 
coverage.
    (b) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
supersede State law which establishes, implements, or continues in 
effect any standard or requirement relating to employers in 
connection--
            (1) with payroll; or--
            (2) the sponsoring of employer sponsored health insurance 
        coverage,
except to the extent that such standard or requirement prevents an 
employer from instituting the auto-enrollment process described in 
subsection (a).
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