Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017
Latest action · Jan 4, 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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) to:
- increase the maximum contribution amounts,
- permit the use of HSAs to pay health insurance premiums and direct primary care expenses,
- repeal the restriction on using HSAs for over-the-counter medications,
- eliminate the requirement that a participant in an HSA be enrolled in a high deductible health care plan, and
- decrease the additional tax for HSA distributions not used for qualified medical expenses.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 4, 2017 to May 15, 2018; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Jan 11, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Will Hurd | Jan 11, 2017 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Mar 30, 2017 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Mar 30, 2017 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| R-TX | John Ratcliffe | May 4, 2017 | |
| R-AL | Gary J. Palmer | May 26, 2017 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Oct 2, 2017 | |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Feb 13, 2018 | |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | May 9, 2018 | |
| R-OH | Jim Jordan | May 15, 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 Jan 4, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 4, 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 page H96.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 28 | Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017 | Related bill | Jan 4, 2017 |
| HR 5324 | Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2016 | Reintroduction of | May 25, 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 permissible use of health savings accounts to include health insurance payments and to increase the dollar limitation for contributions to health savings accounts, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 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.
