S.Amdt. 3916

SA 3916. Mr. REID (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Menendez) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1955, to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to expand health care access and reduce costs through the creation of small business health plans and through modernization of the health insurance marketplace; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. LIMITATION ON APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act (or an amendment made by this Act), any provision of this Act (or amendment) that has the effect of--

(1) permitting a health insurance issuer to deny, exclude, or restrict coverage for prescription contraceptive drugs or devices approved by the Food and Drug Administration, or generic equivalents approved as substitutable by the Food and Drug Administration, and outpatient contraceptive services; or

(2) limiting the ability of a State to enforce State laws that prohibit denials, exclusions, or restrictions of coverage described in paragraph (1); shall not apply and shall not be enforced.