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SEC. 902. EXEMPTION OF STATE HEALTH SECURITY PRO-
GRAMS FROM ERISA PREEMPTION. 
Section 514(b) of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1144(b)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) Subsection (a) of this section shall not 
apply to State health security programs established 
pursuant to section 101(b) of the American Health 
Security Act of 2005.’’. 
SEC. 903. PROHIBITION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS DUPLICA-
TIVE OF BENEFITS UNDER STATE HEALTH 
SECURITY 
PROGRAMS; 
COORDINATION 
IN 
CASE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part 5 of subtitle B of title I of 
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘PROHIBITION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS DUPLICATIVE OF 
STATE HEALTH SECURITY PROGRAM BENEFITS; CO-
ORDINATION IN CASE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION 
‘‘SEC. 519. (a) Subject to subsection (b), no employee 
benefit plan may provide benefits which duplicate payment 
for any items or services for which payment may be made 
under a State health security program established pursu-
ant to section 101(b) of the American Health Security Act 
of 2005.
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‘‘(b)(1) Each workers compensation carrier that is 
liable (or would be liable but for the enactment of the 
American Health Security Act of 2005) for payment for 
workers compensation services furnished in a State shall 
reimburse the State health security plan for the State in 
which the services are furnished for the cost of such serv-
ices. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘workers compensation carrier’ 
means an insurance company that underwrites work-
ers compensation medical benefits with respect to 1 
or more employers and includes an employer or fund 
that is financially at risk for the provision of work-
ers compensation medical benefits. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘workers compensation medical 
benefits’ means, with respect to an enrollee who is 
an employee subject to the workers compensation 
laws of a State, the comprehensive medical benefits 
for work-related injuries and illnesses provided for 
under such laws with respect to such an employee. 
‘‘(C) The term ‘workers compensation services’ 
means items and services included in workers com-
pensation medical benefits and includes items and 
services (including rehabilitation services and long-
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term-care services) commonly used for treatment of 
work-related injuries and illnesses.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1 of such Act is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 518 the following new items:
‘‘519. Prohibition of employee benefits duplicative of state health security pro-
gram benefits; coordination in case of workers’ compensation.’’.
SEC. 904. REPEAL OF CONTINUATION COVERAGE REQUIRE-
MENTS UNDER ERISA AND CERTAIN OTHER 
REQUIREMENTS 
RELATING 
TO 
GROUP 
HEALTH PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part 6 of subtitle B of title I of 
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
(29 U.S.C. 1161 et seq.) is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 502(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
1132(a)) is amended—
(A) by striking paragraph (7); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and 
(9) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively. 
(2) Section 502(c)(1) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
1132(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (1) 
or (4) of section 606 or’’. 
(3) Section 4301(c)(4) of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–66; 107
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Stat. 377) and the amendments made thereby are 
repealed. 
(4) The table of contents in section 1 of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
is amended by striking the items relating to part 6 
of subtitle B of title I of such Act. 
SEC. 905. EFFECTIVE DATE OF TITLE. 
The amendments made by this title shall take effect 
January 1, 2007. 
TITLE X—ADDITIONAL 
CONFORMING AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 1001. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS IN INTERNAL 
REVENUE CODE OF 1986. 
The provisions of titles III and IV of the Health In-
surance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, other 
than subtitles D and H of title III and section 342, are 
repealed and the provisions of law that were amended or 
repealed by such provisions are hereby restored as if such 
provisions had not been enacted. 
SEC. 1002. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS IN THE EM-
PLOYEE 
RETIREMENT 
INCOME 
SECURITY 
ACT OF 1974. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part 7 of subtitle B of title I of 
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is