[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 423 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 423

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 14, 2003

  Ms. Collins (for herself and Mr. Feingold) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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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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