HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act

Last action on Mar 9, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Educa...

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The HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act (S. 577) aims to prevent health insurance companies from denying coverage for injuries sustained during legal recreational activities. Under this bill, group health plans would be prohibited from withholding benefits for medical treatment simply because an injury resulted from activities such as motorcycling, snowmobiling, skiing, or horseback riding. This legislation is designed to ensure that individuals who participate in legal hobbies and modes of transportation maintain the same level of health insurance protection as they would for any other type of accident.

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HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act

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Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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