United States · Bill · S
S. 224 (109th)
Continuing Care for Recovering Families Act
Introduced
1 February 2005
Last action
1 February 2005 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]
Subjects
Healthcare, Budget
Source updated
15 August 2025
Summary
Continuing Care for Recovering Families Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to allow spouses and children of victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to purchase or continue to purchase health insurance coverage, under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA), if they elect to do so during a 120-day period beginning on the date when this Act is enacted or on the date when they lose their COBRA coverage, whichever is later. Requires such elected coverage to continue for such eligible individuals unless they are otherwise covered or are eligible under Medicare.
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Timeline
1 February 2005
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
1 February 2005
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S740)
Source: IntroReferral
1 February 2005
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 1 February 2005 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Introduced in Senate (text)
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Sponsors
- Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · D · Cosponsor
- · sshr00 · Standing
Related records
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/224
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/224
- us · 109-s-224 · source updated 15 August 2025