,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #echd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ca1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,valadao 7for himself1 ,mr4            
,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,pearce1 and ,mr4    
,coffman7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend the ,public ,health ,service ,act 
to extend health plan coverage to       
dependent children in the individual and
 group market1 contingent on the        
enactment of legislation repealing the  
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,securing ,health ,care for ,young 
,americans ,act of #bjad4  #b4          
,extension of dependent coverage  7a7   
,group market  7#a7 ,in general ,subpart
 #a of part ,a of title ,,xxvii of the  
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;gg et seq47 is amended by
 adding at the end3  #bgjc;,a4          
,extension of dependent coverage  7a7   

,in ,general ,a group health plan and a 
health insurance issuer offering group  
health insurance coverage that provides 
dependent coverage of children shall    
continue to make such coverage available
 for such a dependent after such        
dependent turns #ah years of age until  
the first of the following events       
occurs3  7#a7 ,the dependent turns #bf  
years of age4  7#b7 ,the dependent      
marries4  7#c7 ,subject to subsection   
7c71 the dependent no longer resides in 
the home of--  7,a7 the policy holder   
through which such dependent is eligible
 for dependent coverage2 or  7,b7 in the
 case that the policy holder through    
which such dependent is eligible for    
dependent coverage provides such        
coverage subject to an order to provide 
child support1 the dependent's parent or
 legal guardian4  7b7 ,exception for    
college students ,paragraph 7#c7 of     
subsection 7a7 shall not apply to a     
dependent for any period of time during 
which such dependent is enrolled as a   

full-time student at a postsecondary    
educational institution 7including an   
institution of higher education as      
defined in section #ajb of the ,higher  
,education ,act of #aife74  7c7         
,limitation ,nothing in this section    
shall require a plan or an issuer       
described in subsection 7a7 to make     
coverage available for a child of an    
individual receiving dependent coverage 
pursuant to this section4  7d7 ,rule of 
,construction ,nothing in this section  
shall be construed to modify the        
definition of dependent as used in the  
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf with  
respect to the tax treatment of the cost
 of coverage4  4  7#b7 ,regulations ,the
 ,secretary shall promulgate regulations
 to define the dependents to which      
coverage shall be made available under  
section #bgjc;,a of the ,public ,health 
,service ,act1 as added by paragraph    
7#a74  7b7 ,individual market ,subpart  
#a of part ,b of title ,,xxvii of the   
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      

,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;gg-#da et seq47 is       
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #bgdh4 ,extension of        
dependent coverage ,the provisions of   
section #bgjc;,a shall apply to health  
insurance coverage offered to           
individuals by a health insurance issuer
 in the individual market in the same   
manner as it applies to health insurance
 coverage offered by a health insurance 
issuer in the group market4  4  7c7     
,effective date contingent on repeal of 
,,ppaca  7#a7 ,in general ,subsections  
7a7 and 7b7 and the amendments made by  
such subsections shall take effect upon 
the enactment of ,,ppaca repeal         
legislation described in paragraph 7#b7 
and such subsections and amendments     
shall have no force or effect if such   
,,ppaca repeal legislation is not       
enacted4  7#b7 ,,ppaca repeal           
legislation described ,for purposes of  
paragraph 7#a71 ,,ppaca repeal          
legislation described in this paragraph 
is legislation that--  7,a7 repeals     

,public ,law #aaa-adh1 and restores or  
revives the provisions of law amended or
 repealed1 respectively1 by such ,act as
 if such ,act had not been enacted and  
without further amendment to such       
provisions of law2 and  7,b7 repeals    
title ,i and subtitle ,b of title ,,ii  
of the ,health ,care and ,education     
,reconciliation ,act of #bjaj 7,public  
,law #aaa-aeb71 and restores or revives 
the provisions of law amended or        
repealed1 respectively1 by such title or
 subtitle1 respectively1 as if such     
title and subtitle had not been enacted 
and without further amendment to such   
provisions of law4