Retiree Continuation Coverage Act of 1995
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Aug 2, 1995)
Retiree Continuation Coverage Act of 1995 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to extend group health plan insurance continuation coverage under COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985) to retirees and their dependents, in cases of substantial reduction or elimination of a retiree group health plan. Allows early retirees and their dependents who lost such employer-sponsored health benefits to purchase continuing group health insurance coverage until they become eligible for Medicare.
What just happenedAug 18, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseAug 2, 1995
- Aug 18, 1995CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee - Aug 14, 1995CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Aug 7, 1995CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Aug 2, 1995IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Economic and Educational Opportunities, 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.
Ways and Means Committee - Aug 2, 1995IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Economic and Educational Opportunities, 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Aug 2, 1995IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Economic and Educational Opportunities, 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.
- Aug 2, 1995IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Economic and Educational Opportunities, 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.
Education and Workforce Committee - Aug 2, 1995IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1595)
- Aug 2, 1995IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Aug 2, 1995IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House