A federal version of New Hampshire's ''Michelle's Law'' has been introduced in Washington.

The bill would ensure that full-time college students covered by their parents' health plan can take up to a year of medical leave from school with continued health insurance coverage.

New Hampshire Sens. Judd Gregg and John Sununu, both Republicans, and New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a Democrat, introduced the bill Thursday.

New Hampshire adopted a similar law last year after 20-year-old Michelle Morse was forced to remain a full-time student at Plymouth State University to keep her coverage, despite being treated for advanced colon cancer. She died in 2005.

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