[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6450 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6450

  To repeal provisions of the recently enacted health care reform law 
  that require the extension of dependent coverage to adult children 
                             under age 26.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 29, 2010

 Mr. Ackerman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To repeal provisions of the recently enacted health care reform law 
  that require the extension of dependent coverage to adult children 
                             under age 26.

    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 ``Sixth Health Insurance Protects 
America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF HEALTH CARE REFORM REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTENSION OF 
              DEPENDENT ADULT CHILDREN COVERAGE.

    The provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(Public Law 111-148), insofar as such Act requires under section 
2714(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-14(a)) a 
group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or 
individual health insurance coverage that provides dependent coverage 
of children to continue to make such coverage available for an adult 
child until the child turns 26 years, are hereby repealed, effective as 
of the date of the enactment of this Act.
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