HR 2793
109th Congress
House
Health
All terrain vehicles
Animals
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Horses
Labor and Employment
Motorcycles
Recreation
Skiing
Snowmobiles
Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works
HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act
Introduced: June 8, 2005
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 11, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jun 17, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 13, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 8, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
Jun 8, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering group health coverage from denying benefits or coverage otherwise provided under the plan for the treatment of an injury solely because it was sustained while a person was engaged in any particular mode of transportation specified in the plan, consisting of the use of a motorcycle, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or other similar recreational vehicle or horseback riding, unless such mode of transportation or its use was illegal.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.