109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 577
To promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating
in legal recreational activities or legal transportation activities.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 9, 2005
Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Feingold) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions
A BILL
To promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating
in legal recreational activities or legal transportation activities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction
Act'.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE AMENDMENTS.
(a) ERISA- Section 702(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)) is amended--
(1) by striking `CONSTRUCTION- For' and inserting the following: `SCOPE-
`(A) WAITING PERIODS- For'; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
`(B) LIMITATION ON DENIAL OF BENEFITS- For purposes of paragraph (2),
a group health plan, or a health insurance issuer offering group health
insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan, may not deny
benefits otherwise provided under the plan or coverage for the treatment
of an injury solely because such injury resulted from the participation
of the individual in a legal mode of transportation or a legal recreational
activity.'.
(b) PHSA- Section 2702(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-1(a)(3))
is amended--
(1) by striking `CONSTRUCTION- For' and inserting the following: `SCOPE-
`(A) WAITING PERIODS- For'; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
`(B) LIMITATION ON DENIAL OF BENEFITS- For purposes of paragraph (2),
a group health plan, or a health insurance issuer offering group health
insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan, may not deny
benefits otherwise provided under the plan or coverage for the treatment
of an injury solely because such injury resulted from the participation
of the individual in a legal mode of transportation or a legal recreational
activity.'.
(c) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE- Section 9802(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended--
(1) by striking `CONSTRUCTION- For' and inserting the following: `SCOPE-
`(A) WAITING PERIODS- For'; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
`(B) LIMITATION ON DENIAL OF BENEFITS- For purposes of paragraph (2),
a group health plan may not deny benefits otherwise provided under the
plan for the treatment of an injury solely because such injury resulted
from the participation of the individual in a legal mode of transportation
or a legal recreational activity.'.
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