Health Care Parity for Legal Transportation and Recreational Activities Act

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1749 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1749

To promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in
legal recreational activities or legal transportation activities.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 10, 2003

Mr. McInnis (for himself, Mr. Strickland, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of
Virginia, Mr. Stupak, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Green
of Wisconsin, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Ms.
Schakowsky, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Ryan of Ohio,
Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Petri, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Costello, Mr.
Kind, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Pallone, Mr.
Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Holden, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Kline, Mr. Renzi, Mr.
Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Graves, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mrs. Bono, Mr.
Platts, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Davis of
Illinois, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Camp, Ms. Baldwin, Mr.
Abercrombie, Mr. Weller, Mrs. Capito, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Latham, Mr.
Rush, Mr. Ford, Mr. Beauprez, and Mrs. Jones of Ohio) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the
Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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A BILL

To promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in
legal recreational activities or legal transportation activities.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Parity for Legal
Transportation and Recreational Activities Act''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE AMENDMENTS.

(a) ERISA.--Section 702(a)(2)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(B)) is amended by inserting
before the period the following: ``, except that a plan or issuer may
not deny benefits otherwise provided for the treatment of an injury
solely because such injury resulted from participation of the
participant or beneficiary in an activity such as motorcycling,
snowmobiling, all-terrain vehicle riding, horseback riding, skiing or
other similar legal activity''.
(b) PHSA.--Section 2702(a)(2)(B) of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 300gg-1(a)(2)(B)) is amended by inserting before the period
the following:
``, except that a plan or issuer may not deny benefits otherwise
provided for the treatment of an injury solely because such injury
resulted from participation of the enrollee in an activity such as
motorcycling, snowmobiling, all-terrain vehicle riding, horseback
riding, skiing or other similar legal activity''.
(c) Internal Revenue Code.--Section 9802(a)(2)(B) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting before the period the
following:
``, except that a plan or issuer may not deny benefits otherwise
provided for the treatment of an injury solely because such injury
resulted from participation of the enrollee in an activity such as
motorcycling, snowmobiling, all-terrain vehicle riding, horseback
riding, skiing or other similar legal activity''.
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