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2010 SESSION
HB 554 COBRA; continuation coverage following termination of employment.
Introduced by: Daniel W. Marshall, III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
COBRA continuation coverage. Requires small employers providing group health insurance coverage to offer to certain employees whose employment is involuntarily terminated the option to continue their coverage for any additional period, extending beyond the nine months of COBRA continuation coverage that is currently required, as may be specified by future amendments to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The measure will take effect upon its passage.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103549D pdf
- 02/02/10 House: Printed as engrossed 10103549D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/01/10 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB554ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/01/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0021) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103549D
- 01/12/10 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/19/10 House: Assigned C & L sub: #2
- 01/21/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/10 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/10 House: Read first time
- 02/02/10 House: Read second time
- 02/02/10 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/02/10 House: Emergency clause added
- 02/02/10 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB554E
- 02/02/10 House: Printed as engrossed 10103549D-E
- 02/03/10 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/10 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/10 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/22/10 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/10 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/10 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/10 House: Enrolled
- 03/01/10 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB554ER)
- 03/01/10 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/01/10 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/01/10 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 21 (effective 3/1/10)
- 03/01/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0021)