[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3887 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3887

   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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 2009

  Mr. Blunt (for himself, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Camp, Mr. Kline of 
 Minnesota, Mr. Upton, and Mr. Wittman) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred 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

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                                 A BILL


 
   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.

    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 ``Health Insurance Access for Young 
Workers and College Students Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVED HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE OF DEPENDENTS.

    (a)  Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.--
            (1) In general.--Part 7 of subtitle B of title I of the 
        Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is amended by 
        inserting after section 714 the following new section:

``SEC. 715. EXTENDING COVERAGE OF DEPENDENTS.

    ``In the case of a group health plan, or health insurance coverage 
offered in connection with a group health plan, that treats as a 
beneficiary under the plan an individual who is a dependent child of a 
participant or beneficiary under the plan, the plan or coverage shall 
continue to treat the individual as a dependent child without regard to 
the individual's age through at least the end of the plan year in which 
the individual turns an age specified in the plan, but not less than 25 
years of age.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents of such Act 
        is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 714 
        the following new item:

``Sec. 715. Extending coverage of dependents.''.
    (b) PHSA.--Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act is amended 
by inserting after section 2707 the following new section:

``SEC. 2708. EXTENDING COVERAGE OF DEPENDENTS.

    ``In the case of a group health plan, or health insurance coverage 
offered in connection with a group health plan, that treats as a 
beneficiary under the plan an individual who is a dependent child of a 
participant or beneficiary under the plan, the plan or coverage shall 
continue to treat the individual as a dependent child without regard to 
the individual's age through at least the end of the plan year in which 
the individual turns an age specified in the plan, but not less than 25 
years of age.''.
    (c) IRC.--
            (1) In general.--Subchapter B of chapter 100 of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
        the following new section:

``SEC. 9814. EXTENDING COVERAGE OF DEPENDENTS.

    ``In the case of a group health plan that treats as a beneficiary 
under the plan an individual who is a dependent child of a participant 
or beneficiary under the plan, the plan shall continue to treat the 
individual as a dependent child without regard to the individual's age 
through at least the end of the plan year in which the individual turns 
an age specified in the plan, but not less than 25 years of age.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections in such 
        subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        item:

``Sec. 9814. Extending coverage of dependents.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to group health plans for plan years beginning more than 3 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to 
individuals who are dependent children under a group health plan, or 
health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan, on or 
after such date.
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