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[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5087 Introduced in House (IH)]

109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5087

To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the maximum age up to 
which an individual may be afforded health coverage under chapter 89 of 
                    such title as a dependent child.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 4, 2006

     Mr. Pallone (for himself and Mr. George Miller of California) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the maximum age up to 
which an individual may be afforded health coverage under chapter 89 of 
                    such title as a dependent child.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCREASING THE MAXIMUM AGE FOR HEALTH COVERAGE ELIGIBILITY 
              AS A DEPENDENT CHILD.

    (a) In General.--Sections 8901(5) and 8905(c)(2)(B) of title 5, 
United States Code, are amended by striking ``22'' each place it 
appears and inserting ``30''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a)--
            (1) shall take effect as of the first day of the first 
        contract year beginning at least 12 months after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, except as provided in paragraph (2); 
        and
            (2) shall be implemented by the Office of Personnel 
        Management in a manner so as to provide for a period of notice 
        and open enrollment (before the start of the first contract 
        year referred to in paragraph (1)) for individuals affected by 
        this section.
    (c) Savings Provision.--
            (1) In general.--Nothing in this section shall, in the case 
        of any individual who (if this section had not been enacted) 
        would or might otherwise have been eligible for continued 
        coverage under section 8905a of title 5, United States Code, 
        based on a qualifying event preceding the start of the first 
        contract year referred to in subsection (b)(1), be considered 
        to require the discontinuation of any such coverage (or the 
        disqualification of such individual for any such coverage) if 
        such coverage is (or would be) based, in whole or in part, on 
        such event.
            (2) Qualifying event defined.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term ``qualifying event'' means, with respect 
        to an individual, any event the occurrence of which would make 
        such individual eligible for continued coverage under section 
        8905a of title 5, United States Code (as last in effect before 
        the start of the first contract year referred to in subsection 
        (b)(1)) by virtue of satisfying the condition described in 
        subsection (b)(2)(A) of such section (as then in effect).
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