[History of Bills, Volume 155 (2009)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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H.R. 1619--A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service
Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit preexisting
condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health
insurance coverage in the group and individual markets; to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the
Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, 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.
By Ms. SCHWARTZ (for herself, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Berman, Mr. Bishop of
New York, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carney, Ms.
Clarke, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Doggett,
Mr. Engel, Mr. Farr, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Israel, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson
of Texas, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mrs. Lowey, Mr.
McDermott, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Nadler of New York, Ms.
Schakowsky, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Sutton, Ms. Wasserman
Schultz, Ms. Watson, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Wu, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Capps, Mr.
Langevin, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. Patrick
J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Barrow, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr.
Tierney, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Altmire, Ms. Lee of California,
Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Clyburn, Mr.
Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Watt, Mr. Arcuri, Ms. Edwards of Maryland,
Ms. DeGette, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Waxman, Mrs. Halvorson, Ms. Kilroy, Mr.
Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Holt, Mr. Yarmuth,
Mr. Sires, Ms. Richardson, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Fudge, Mr.
Hastings of Florida, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Kucinich,
Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Ros-
Lehtinen, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Doyle, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez
of California, Mr. Kagen, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Weiner, and Mr. Ellison),
H3703 [19MR]
Cosponsors added, H3836 [24MR], H4064 [26MR], H4584 [21AP], H4841
[27AP], H6014 [21MY], H6619 [11JN], H8586 [22JY], H9738 [21SE]