S.Amdt. 3931

SA 3931. Mr. ENZI 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. __. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO PREGNANCY.

Nothing in this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) shall be construed to--

(1) limit the application of section 701(k) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e(k)), commonly referred to as the Pregnancy Discrimination Act;

(2) limit the application of section 701(d)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1181(d)(3)) or section 2701(d)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg(d)(3)), relating to prohibiting the use of pregnancy as a preexisting condition; and

(3) limit the application of section 711 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1185) or section 2704 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-4), relating to benefits for mothers and newborns;

to small business health plans and other health insurance coverage to which this Act (or amendments) apply.