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12 2 STA T .4086PUBLIC LA W 110 –3 81 —O CT. 9, 2008 LEGIS L AT I V E H IST ORY— H . R. 2851: HO U SE RE P ORTS: No .11 0– 80 6, P t .1 (C o m m.o n En ergya n d Commer c e ) . CONGRESSIONAL RECOR D ,Vo l .15 4 (2008): Ju ly 3 0, con si dered and p assed House. Sept. 25, considered and passed Senate. changeb e tw een hea l th i n sur ance c ov erage an d sel f- insured coverage , or otherwise

and ‘ ‘ (3) the coverage as so changed continues to p rovide cov- erage of beneficiaries as dependent children, this section shall appl y to coverage of the child under the changed coverage for the re m ainder of the period of the medically necessary leave of absence of the dependent child under the plan in the same manner as it would have applied if the changed coverage had been the previous coverage .’ ’. ( 2 ) CONF O RMI N GA M E N D MEN T . —T he table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 10 0 of such Code is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 98 12 the following new item

‘Sec. 9 813. Co v erage o f dependent students on medically necessary leave of a b sence. ’ ’. (d) E FFE C TI V E D ATE.—The amendments made by this A ct shall apply with respect to plan years beginning on or after the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and to medically necessary leaves of absence beginning during such plan years. Approved O ctober 9, 2008. 26USC9813note.