Addiction Recovery through Family Health Accounts Act
Latest action · Mar 16, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 16, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Addiction Recovery through Family Health Accounts Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit taxpayers to use tax-favored health reimbursement arrangements, health flexible spending arrangements, health savings accounts, and Archer medical savings accounts to pay for alcohol and drug addiction treatments for specified family members as if the expenses were incurred for a dependent.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 27, 2017 to Feb 7, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jun 26, 2017 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Jun 27, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jun 29, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Jul 10, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | Sep 26, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Oct 11, 2017 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Nov 29, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Jan 25, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Keith J. Rothfus | Feb 7, 2018 |
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 16, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 16, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 16, 2017Referred 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 Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 46, March 16, 2017, page H2150.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-64 | MEMBER DAY: TESTIMONY AND PROPOSALS ON THE OPIOID CRISIS167 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Oct 11, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6262 | Addiction Recovery through Family Health Accounts Act | Reintroduction of | Sep 28, 2016 |
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 expand the family members with respect to whom treatment for alcohol and drug addiction is treated as a qualified medical expense for purposes of health reimbursement arrangements, health flexible spending arrangements, and health savings accounts.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Addiction Recovery through Family Health Accounts Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 16, 2017Introduced 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.
