Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2011
Latest action · Jun 6, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 2, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from an employee's gross income employer-provided accident and health plan benefits extended to a domestic partner or non-dependent, non-spouse beneficiary eligible to receive such benefits under an employer plan (i.e., "eligible beneficiary"); (2) exempt such benefits paid to eligible beneficiaries from otherwise applicable employment and unemployment taxes; (3) allow self-employed individuals a tax deduction for the health insurance costs of their eligible beneficiaries; (4) allow tax-exempt voluntary employees' beneficiary associations to provide sick and accident benefits to the domestic partners and non-dependent, non-spouse beneficiaries of their members; (5) allow reimbursement of the medical expenses of an eligible beneficiary from a health savings account (HSA); and (6) extend tax-exempt medical benefits to the eligible beneficiaries of retired employees
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide guidance relating to reimbursements from a flexible spending arrangement and a health reimbursement arrangement attributable to an eligible beneficiary as defined by this Act.
Cosponsors 141
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 2, 2011 to Oct 12, 2012; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jun 2, 2011 |
| R-NY | Nan A. S. Hayworth | Original | Jun 2, 2011 |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Original | Jun 2, 2011 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jun 15, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Jun 15, 2011 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Jun 15, 2011 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jul 11, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Jul 14, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Jul 14, 2011 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Jul 14, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Jul 15, 2011 | |
| R-IL | Judy Biggert | Jul 28, 2011 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Sep 7, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Sep 7, 2011 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Sep 7, 2011 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 2, 2011 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 6, 2011 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 6, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 2, 2011Introduced in House
- Jun 2, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1031)
- Jun 2, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1031 | Jim McDermott D-WA | Jun 2, 2011 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H3986.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1171 | Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2011 | Identical bill | Jun 9, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage for employees' spouses and dependent children to coverage provided to other eligible designated beneficiaries of employees.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 2, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
