I 
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 En-
ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and 
Means and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined 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 par-
ticipating in legal recreational activities or legal transpor-
tation activities. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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’’. 
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SEC. 2. COVERAGE AMENDMENTS. 
(a) ERISA.—Section 702(a)(3) of the Employee Re-
tirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 
1182(a)(3)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘CONSTRUCTION.—For’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘SCOPE.— 
‘‘(A) WAITING PERIODS.—For’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION
ON
DENIAL
OF
BENE-
FITS.—For purposes of paragraph (2), a group 
health plan, or a health insurance issuer offer-
ing group health insurance coverage in connec-
tion 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 participa-
tion of the individual in a legal mode of trans-
portation 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 in-
serting the following: ‘‘SCOPE.— 
‘‘(A) WAITING PERIODS.—For’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION
ON
DENIAL
OF
BENE-
FITS.—For purposes of paragraph (2), a group 
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health plan, or a health insurance issuer offer-
ing group health insurance coverage in connec-
tion 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 participa-
tion of the individual in a legal mode of trans-
portation 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 in-
serting the following: ‘‘SCOPE.— 
‘‘(A) WAITING PERIODS.—For’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION
ON
DENIAL
OF
BENE-
FITS.—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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