HR 2499 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2013

Introduced Jun 25, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Jim McDermott D-WA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 23, 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.

  1. IntroducedJun 25, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2013 - 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 35

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2013 to Nov 12, 2014, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJun 25, 2013
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalJun 25, 2013
R-NYRichard L. HannaOriginalJun 25, 2013
D-NYDaniel B. MaffeiSep 17, 2013
D-WAAdam SmithNov 14, 2013
D-PAAllyson Y. SchwartzNov 14, 2013
D-CABarbara LeeNov 14, 2013
D-MNBetty McCollumNov 14, 2013
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyNov 14, 2013
D-RIJames R. LangevinNov 14, 2013
D-CASam FarrNov 14, 2013
D-CAXavier BecerraNov 14, 2013
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeNov 14, 2013
D-MIGary C. PetersNov 18, 2013
D-MNKeith EllisonNov 18, 2013
Show all 35 cosponsors

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 23, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jun 25, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Jun 25, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 728Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2013Identical billApr 15, 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. Jun 25, 2013Introduced in House

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