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110th Congress
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HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act
Introduced: February 15, 2007
Introduced by:
Collins, Susan M.
Republican
· Maine
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 15, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 15, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2043-2044)
Feb 15, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 resulted from participation in a legal mode of transportation or recreational activity.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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