To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts.
Latest action · Dec 22, 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.
- IntroducedDec 19, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat membership in a tax-exempt health care sharing ministry as coverage under a high deductible health plan for purposes of the tax deduction for contributions to a health savings account.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 19, 2011 to Sep 19, 2012, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Dec 19, 2011 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Feb 2, 2012 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Feb 13, 2012 | |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Feb 13, 2012 | |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Feb 13, 2012 | |
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Feb 29, 2012 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Feb 29, 2012 | |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Mar 20, 2012 | |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Mar 20, 2012 | |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Mar 29, 2012 | |
| R-MN | Michele Bachmann | Apr 17, 2012 | |
| R-KS | Tim Huelskamp | Apr 17, 2012 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Apr 17, 2012 | |
| R-GA | Tom Price | Apr 17, 2012 | |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Apr 26, 2012 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 19, 2011Introduced in House
- Dec 19, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2011Introduced in House
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