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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1076 

To promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal 

recreational activities or legal transportation activities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2007 

Mr. BURGESS (for himself, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. MCCOTTER, and Mr. KAGEN) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and 

Means and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational activities or legal transportation activities. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘HIPAA Recreational 

5 Injury Technical Correction Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COVERAGE AMENDMENTS. 

2 (a) ERISA.—Section 702(a)(3) of the Employee Re3 tirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

4 1182(a)(3)) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘CONSTRUCTION.—For’’ and in6 serting the following: ‘‘SCOPE.— 

7 ‘‘(A) WAITING PERIODS.—For’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON DENIAL OF BENE10 FITS.—For purposes of paragraph (2), a group 

11 health plan, or a health insurance issuer offer12 ing group health insurance coverage in connec13 tion with a group health plan, may not deny 

14 benefits otherwise provided under the plan or 

15 coverage for the treatment of an injury solely 

16 because such injury resulted from the participa17 tion of the individual in a legal mode of trans18 portation or a legal recreational activity.’’. 

19 (b) PHSA.—Section 2702(a)(3) of the Public Health 

20 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–1(a)(3)) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘CONSTRUCTION.—For’’ and in22 serting the following: ‘‘SCOPE.— 

23 ‘‘(A) WAITING PERIODS.—For’’; and 

24 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

25 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON DENIAL OF BENE26 FITS.—For purposes of paragraph (2), a group 


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1 health plan, or a health insurance issuer offer2 ing group health insurance coverage in connec3 tion with a group health plan, may not deny 

4 benefits otherwise provided under the plan or 

5 coverage for the treatment of an injury solely 

6 because such injury resulted from the participa7 tion of the individual in a legal mode of trans8 portation or a legal recreational activity.’’. 

9 (c) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.—Section 9802(a)(3) 

10 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘CONSTRUCTION.—For’’ and in12 serting the following: ‘‘SCOPE.— 

13 ‘‘(A) WAITING PERIODS.—For’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON DENIAL OF BENE16 FITS.—For purposes of paragraph (2), a group 

17 health plan may not deny benefits otherwise 

18 provided under the plan for the treatment of an 

19 injury solely because such injury resulted from 

20 the participation of the individual in a legal 

21 mode of transportation or a legal recreational 

22 activity.’’. 

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