health plan, as the State with which consultation is 
required. In carrying out this paragraph— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a plan which provides 
health insurance coverage (as defined in section 
812(a)(3)), such State shall be the State with 
which filing and approval of a policy type of-
fered by the plan was initially obtained, and 
‘‘(B) in any other case, the Secretary shall 
take into account the places of residence of the 
participants and beneficiaries under the plan 
and the State in which the trust is main-
tained.’’. 
SEC. 505. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITIONAL AND 
OTHER RULES. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this title shall take effect 1 year after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. The Secretary of Labor shall first 
issue all regulations necessary to carry out the amend-
ments made by this title within 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(b) TREATMENT
OF CERTAIN EXISTING HEALTH 
BENEFITS PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which, as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act, an arrange-
ment is maintained in a State for the purpose of 
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providing benefits consisting of medical care for the 
employees and beneficiaries of its participating em-
ployers, at least 200 participating employers make 
contributions to such arrangement, such arrange-
ment has been in existence for at least 10 years, and 
such arrangement is licensed under the laws of one 
or more States to provide such benefits to its par-
ticipating employers, upon the filing with the appli-
cable authority (as defined in section 812(a)(5) of 
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 (as amended by this title)) by the arrangement 
of an application for certification of the arrangement 
under part 8 of subtitle B of title I of such Act— 
(A) such arrangement shall be deemed to 
be a group health plan for purposes of title I 
of such Act; 
(B) the requirements of sections 801(a) 
and 803(a) of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 shall be deemed met with 
respect to such arrangement; 
(C) the requirements of section 803(b) of 
such Act shall be deemed met, if the arrange-
ment is operated by a board of directors 
which— 
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(i) is elected by the participating em-
ployers, with each employer having one 
vote; and 
(ii) has complete fiscal control over 
the arrangement and which is responsible 
for all operations of the arrangement; 
(D) the requirements of section 804(a) of 
such Act shall be deemed met with respect to 
such arrangement; and 
(E) the arrangement may be certified by 
any applicable authority with respect to its op-
erations in any State only if it operates in such 
State on the date of certification. 
The provisions of this subsection shall cease to apply 
with respect to any such arrangement at such time 
after the date of the enactment of this Act as the 
applicable requirements of this subsection are not 
met with respect to such arrangement. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the terms ‘‘group health plan’’, ‘‘medical 
care’’, and ‘‘participating employer’’ shall have the 
meanings provided in section 812 of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, except 
that the reference in paragraph (7) of such section 
to an ‘‘association health plan’’ shall be deemed a 
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reference to an arrangement referred to in this sub-
section. 
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