S.1149: Annual and Lifetime Health Care Limit Elimination Act of 2009

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 111th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about health
  • Introduced May 21, 2009
  • Latest Major Action May 21, 2009

Bill Summary

Annual and Lifetime Health Care Limit Elimination Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a group health plan from imposing an aggregate dollar annual or lifetime limit with respect to benefits payable under the plan. Applies such prohibition to individual health insurance coverage.

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 21, 2009

Introduced in the Senate by John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

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