Expressing the sense of the Congress that insurance providers should be encouraged to permit employers to extend the opportunity to purchase health care coverage when benefits are terminated to workers subject to collective bergaining agreements who do not currently have such an opportunity under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that insurance providers should cooperate with employers seeking to extend the protections of the health care continuation provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to cover employees, former employees, their spouses, surviving spouses, and dependents who are not otherwise covered by these provisions because of the special effective date for collective bargaining agreements.