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(1) in section 10413(a), by striking paragraph
(4);
(2) in section 10963(b)(2), by striking subpara-
graph (G); and
(3) in section 10974(a)(6), by striking subpara-
graph (G).
(d) NATIVE HAWAIIAN FAMILY-BASED EDUCATION
CENTERS.—Section 9205 of the Native Hawaiian Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 7905) is repealed.
SEC. 604. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), this title and the amendments made by this title shall
take effect as if included in the enactment of title VI of
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–193; 110 Stat.
2278).
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The amendment made by section
601(a)(2)(B) and the repeal made by section 603(d) shall
each take effect on October 1, 1997.
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TITLE VII—ERISA AMENDMENTS
RELATING 
TO 
MEDICAL
CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS
SEC. 701. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SECTION 303 OF THE
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OP-
PORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1996.
(a) PRIVACY SAFEGUARDS
FOR MEDICAL CHILD
SUPPORT ORDERS.—Section 609(a)(3)(A) of the Em-
ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29
U.S.C. 1169(a)(3)(A)) is amended by adding at the end
the following: ‘‘except that, to the extent provided in the
order, the name and mailing address of an official of a
State or a political subdivision thereof may be substituted
for the mailing address of any such alternate recipient,’’.
(b) PAYMENT TO STATE OFFICIAL TREATED AS SAT-
ISFACTION OF PLAN’S OBLIGATION.—Section 609(a) of
such Act (29 U.S.C. 1169(a)) is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(9) PAYMENT TO STATE OFFICIAL TREATED
AS SATISFACTION OF PLAN’S OBLIGATION TO MAKE
PAYMENT TO ALTERNATE RECIPIENT.—Payment of
benefits by a group health plan to an official of a
State or a political subdivision thereof who is named
in a qualified medical child support order in lieu of
the alternate recipient, pursuant to paragraph
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(3)(A), shall be treated, for purposes of this title, as
payment of benefits to the alternate recipient.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall be apply with respect to medical child
support orders issued on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 702. AMENDMENT RELATING TO SECTION 381 OF THE
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OP-
PORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1996.
(a) CLARIFICATION OF EFFECT OF ADMINISTRATIVE
NOTICES.—Section 609(a)(2)(B) of the Employee Retire-
ment Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C.
1169(a)(2)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘For purposes of this subparagraph,
an administrative notice which is issued pursuant to an
administrative process referred to in subclause (II) of the
preceding sentence and which has the effect of an order
described in clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence
shall be treated as such an order.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall be effective as if included in the enact-
ment of section 381 of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law
104–193; 110 Stat. 2257).
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SEC. 703. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SECTION 382 OF THE
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OP-
PORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1996.
(a) ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT THAT ORDERS
SPECIFY AFFECTED PLANS.—Section 609(a)(3) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29
U.S.C. 1169(a)(3)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘, and’’
and inserting a period; and
(2) by striking subparagraph (D).
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to medical child sup-
port orders issued on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives April 29, 1997.
Attest:
Clerk.