Health Care Parity for Legal Transportation and Recreational Activities Act

Health Care Parity for Legal Transportation and Recreational Activities Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan or health insurance issuer from denying benefits otherwise provided for the treatment of an injury solely because such injury resulted from the participation of the participant or beneficiary in a legal transportation and recreational activity such as motorcycling or skiing.

[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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