HR 1248 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Family Health Care Flexibility Act

Introduced Mar 19, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Erik Paulsen R-MN

Latest action · Apr 9, 2013 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.

IntroducedMar 19, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Family Health Care Flexibility Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 that: (1) restrict payments from health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, and health flexible spending arrangements for medications to prescription drugs and insulin only (thus allowing payments for over-the-counter medications); and (2) impose a $2,500 limitation on salary reduction contributions to a health flexible spending arrangement under a cafeteria plan.

Cosponsors 48

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2013 to Nov 19, 2013; 35 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IL	Aaron Schock	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-MS	Alan Nunnelee	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-KY	Andy Barr	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-MD	Andy Harris	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-MO	Billy Long	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-OH	Bob Gibbs	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-NY	Chris Collins	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-WV	David B. McKinley	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-MS	Gregg Harper	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-PA	Jim Gerlach	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-KS	Kevin Yoder	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-IN	Larry Bucshon	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-IN	Marlin A. Stutzman	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-GA	Paul C. Broun	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-LA	Rodney Alexander	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-AR	Steve Womack	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-IA	Tom Latham	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Mar 19, 2013
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Apr 9, 2013
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Apr 9, 2013
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Apr 9, 2013
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Apr 9, 2013
R-NC	George Holding		Apr 23, 2013
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		May 7, 2013
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Jun 4, 2013
R-AR	Tom Cotton		Jun 4, 2013
R-NE	Lee Terry		Jul 9, 2013
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus		Sep 12, 2013
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Nov 12, 2013
R-MN	John Kline		Nov 12, 2013
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Nov 19, 2013

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 Mar 19, 2013
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Apr 9, 2013

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 9, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 19, 2013Introduced in House
Mar 19, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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

[Pages H7252-H7253] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio: H.R. 3542. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards. H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston. H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda. H.R. 274: Mr. Keating. H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon. H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York. H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen. H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, and Mrs. McMorris Rodgers. H.R. 713: Mr. Gibbs, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Honda. H.R. 715: Mr. McNerney and Mr. Perlmutter. H.R. 809: Mr. Fincher. H.R. 919: Mr. Ryan of Ohio. H.R. 997: Mr. Latham and Mrs. Miller of Michigan. H.R. 1020: Ms. Foxx. H.R. 1024: Mr. Barrow of Georgia. H.R. 1124: Mrs. Beatty. H.R. 1179: Mr. Cohen and Mrs. Christensen. H.R. 1199: Mr. Garcia. H.R. 1209: Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Mr. King of New York, and Ms. Fudge. H.R. 1248: Mr. Bachus. H.R. 1310: Mr. Lamborn. H.R. 1339: Mr. Lipinski and Mrs. Capito. H.R. 1428: Mr. Price of North Carolina. H.R. 1429: Mr. Bishop of New York. H.R. 1449: Mr. Ross, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Lummis, and Mr. Southerland. H.R. 1461: Mr. Hunter and Mr. Nugent. H.R. 1518: Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Crenshaw, and Mr. Bilirakis. H.R. 1563: Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Mr. Graves of Missouri. H.R. 1601: Mr. Cartwright. H.R. 1616: Mr. Gibson. H.R. 1666: Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Lipinski, and Ms. Eshoo. H.R. 1717: Mr. David Scott of Georgia and Ms. Kuster. H.R. 1726: Ms. Frankel of Florida. H.R. 1761: Mr. Roe of Tennessee. H.R. 1779: Mr. Peterson. H.R. 1830: Ms. Esty. H.R. 1851: Ms. Kuster and Mr. Horsford. H.R. 1852: Mr. Ross, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Labrador, and Ms. Brownley of California. H.R. 1869: Mr. Wittman. H.R. 1878: Ms. Frankel of Florida. H.R. 1920: Mr. Rigell. H.R. 1985: Mr. Goodlatte. H.R. 1992: Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois and Mr. Sires. H.R. 2027: Mr. Cassidy. H.R. 2028: Mr. Tierney. H.R. 2144: Mr. Duncan of South Carolina. H.R. 2305: Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2385: Mrs. Wagner. H.R. 2446: Mrs. Wagner. H.R. 2553: Ms. Moore, Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Titus, and Mr. George Miller of California. H.R. 2560: Mr. Rangel. H.R. 2607: Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Israel, and Mr. Pocan. H.R. 2619: Mr. Lowenthal. H.R. 2663: Mr. Ross. H.R. 2697: Mr. Bishop of New York, Ms. Kuster, and Mr. Johnson of Georgia. H.R. 2703: Mr. Doyle. H.R. 2725: Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Stutzman, and Ms. Wasserman Schultz. H.R. 2785: Mr. Renacci. H.R. 2791: Mr. Gibson and Mr. Huizenga of Michigan. H.R. 2818: Mr. Grijalva. H.R. 2945: Mr. Roskam. H.R. 3040: Mr. Gene Green of Texas. H.R. 3105: Mr. Goodlatte and Mr. Cotton. H.R. 3111: Mr. Johnson of Ohio. H.R. 3121: Mr. Renacci. H.R. 3125: Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, and Mr. Loebsack. H.R. 3135: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 3143: Mr. Israel. H.R. 3163: Mr. Moran. H.R. 3169: Mr. Burgess. H.R. 3189: Mr. Poe of Texas. H.R. 3206: Ms. Frankel of Florida. H.R. 3211: Mr. Fitzpatrick. H.R. 3240: Mr. Foster. H.R. 3297: Ms. Schakowsky. H.R. 3299: Mr. Ribble, Mr. Harris, Mr. Bentivolio, Mr. Boustany, and Mr. Roskam. H.R. 3303: Mr. Bilirakis. H.R. 3308: Mr. Pittenger. H.R. 3309: Mr. Johnson of Ohio and Mr. Larsen of Washington. H.R. 3322: Mr. Rangel. H.R. 3327: Mrs. Bustos. H.R. 3333: Mr. Pet[...]

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7253.

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 610	Family Health Care Flexibility Act	Identical bill	Mar 19, 2013
HR 1558	Small Business Health Relief Act of 2013	Related bill	Apr 23, 2013
S 1647	Restoring Access to Medication Act	Related bill	Nov 5, 2013

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal certain limitations on health care benefits.
Short Titles as Introduced: Family Health Care Flexibility Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 19, 2013Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

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.