Family Health Care Flexibility Act
Latest action · Mar 23, 2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 23, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Family Health Care Flexibility Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that: (1) restrict payments from health savings accounts, Archer medical savings accounts, and health flexible spending and reimbursement 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 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 23, 2015 to May 19, 2015; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| R-NH | Kelly Ayotte | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Mar 23, 2015 |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | May 19, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Mar 23, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Mar 23, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1547 | Family Health Care Flexibility Act | Identical bill | Apr 7, 2015 |
| HR 2207 | FSA Act | Related bill | May 1, 2015 |
| HR 3006 | Helping Save Americans' Health Care Choices Act of 2015 | Related bill | Jul 9, 2015 |
| S 3251 | Relief from Obamacare Mandate Act of 2016 | Related bill | Jul 14, 2016 |
| S 3297 | Relief from Obamacare Mandate Act of 2016 | Related bill | Sep 8, 2016 |
| HR 6019 | Relief from Obamacare Mandate Act of 2016 | Related bill | Sep 19, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal certain limitations on health care benefits enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Family Health Care Flexibility Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2015Introduced in Senate
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.
