H.R. 2793 · 109th Congress
HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Michael Burgess
- Introduced
- 2005-06-08
- Latest action
- 2005-07-11 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
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.