United States · Bill · S
S. 647 (108th)
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for Department of Defense funding of continuation of health benefits plan coverage for certain Reserves called or ordered to active duty and their dependents, and for other purposes.
Introduced
18 March 2003
Last action
19 March 2003 · Introduced
Status
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3995-3996)
Sponsors
Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV], Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND], Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV], Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
7 April 2025
Summary
Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay the applicable premium to continue in force during the duty period any qualified health benefits plan coverage of a member of the reserves who is called or ordered to active duty for more than 30 days during a war or national emergency. Prohibits the private health insurance issuer of such a member from declining coverage or re-enrollment, imposing re-enrollment exclusions, or increasing premiums during such benefits coverage continuation period.
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Timeline
18 March 2003
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR 3/19/2003 S3996)
Source: IntroReferral
18 March 2003
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
19 March 2003
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3995-3996)
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 18 March 2003 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Sponsors
- Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/647
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/647
- us · 108-s-647 · source updated 7 April 2025