I 
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. 
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 jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
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 cov-
erage of dependents. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Insurance Ac-
cess for Young Workers and College Students Act of 
2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. IMPROVED HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE OF DE-
PENDENTS. 
(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 insur-
ance coverage offered in connection with a group health 
plan, that treats as a beneficiary under the plan an indi-
vidual who is a dependent child of a participant or bene-
ficiary 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 con-
tents 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 Serv-
ice Act is amended by inserting after section 2707 the fol-
lowing new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 2708. EXTENDING COVERAGE OF DEPENDENTS. 
‘‘In the case of a group health plan, or health insur-
ance coverage offered in connection with a group health 
plan, that treats as a beneficiary under the plan an indi-
vidual who is a dependent child of a participant or bene-
ficiary 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 amend-
ed 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 de-
pendent 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.’’. 
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions 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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