Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2013
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.
- IntroducedJun 25, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jun 25, 2013 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Jun 25, 2013 |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Original | Jun 25, 2013 |
| D-NY | Daniel B. Maffei | Sep 17, 2013 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Nov 14, 2013 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Nov 14, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Nov 14, 2013 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Nov 14, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Nov 14, 2013 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Nov 14, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Nov 14, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Nov 14, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Nov 14, 2013 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Nov 18, 2013 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Nov 18, 2013 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Nov 21, 2013 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Nov 21, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Dec 19, 2013 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Dec 19, 2013 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Dec 19, 2013 | |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Feb 11, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Mar 12, 2014 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Mar 12, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Mar 18, 2014 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 21, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Mar 26, 2014 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Apr 2, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Apr 2, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Apr 4, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | May 2, 2014 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | May 7, 2014 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | May 28, 2014 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jun 9, 2014 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Jun 18, 2014 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Nov 12, 2014 |
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 25, 2013 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 23, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 23, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 25, 2013Introduced in House
- Jun 25, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4039.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 113-76 | PUERTO RICO69 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Nov 6, 2012–Aug 1, 2013 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 728 | Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2013 | Identical bill | Apr 15, 2013 |
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 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2013Introduced 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.
