AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SECTION 382 OF THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1996.

SEC. 5613. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SECTION 382 OF THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1996. (a) Elimination of Requirement That Orders Specify Affected Plans.—Section 609(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1169(a)(3)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking “by the plan”;111 STAT. 648 (2) by adding “and” at the end of subparagraph (B); (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking “, and” and inserting a period; and (4) by striking subparagraph (D). (b) Clarification of Applicability of Orders.—Section 609(a)(1) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1169(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “A qualified medical child support order with respect to any participant or beneficiary shall be aeemed to apply to each group health plan which has received such order, from which the participant or beneficiary is eligible to receive benefits, and with respect to which the requirements of paragraph (4) are met.” (c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to medical child support orders issued on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.