H.R. 1253: Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009
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H.R. 1253: Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009
111th Congress · introduced 2009-03-03 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-03-03 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 171 (2009): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR1253 (2009-03-31), Passed. See all
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to exclude a group health plan from prohibitions against limitations or restrictions on the amount, level, extent, or nature of the benefits of coverage for similarly situated individuals enrolled in the plan so long as: (1) such limitations and restrictions are explicit and clear; (2) such limitations and restrictions have been disclosed to the plan sponsor in writing in advance of the point of sale; (3) the plan sponsor provides a description of such limitations and restrictions to participants and beneficiaries in a form that is easily understandable before enrollment; and (4) the plan sponsor and the issuer of the coverage provide such description to the participants and beneficiaries upon their enrollment under the plan at the earliest opportunity that other materials are provided.
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Official text
Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] · 1 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1253, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009 (2009-03-20); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1253, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009 (2009-03-20)
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Recorded votes
- House roll call 171 (2009): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR1253 (2009-03-31): Passed
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr1253.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr1253 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111