Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2017
Latest action · Jan 6, 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 6, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2017
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) permit an individual to pay primary care service arrangement costs from a health savings account; and (2) allow an eligible taxpayer enrolled in a high-deductible health plan to take a tax deduction for cash paid into a health savings account, even if the taxpayer is simultaneously enrolled in a primary care service arrangement.
Under a "primary care service arrangement," an individual is provided coverage restricted to primary care services in exchange for a fixed periodic fee or payment for such services.
For the purposes of certain tax-deductible expenses for medical care, the bill expands the definition of "medical care" to include periodic provider fees paid to a primary care physician for a defined set of medical services provided on an as-needed basis.
Cosponsors 36
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2017 to Jul 19, 2018; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Original | Jan 6, 2017 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jan 6, 2017 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jan 10, 2017 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Jan 17, 2017 | |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Feb 1, 2017 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Feb 1, 2017 | |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Feb 2, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Apr 3, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| R-IA | David Young | Jun 20, 2017 | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Jun 20, 2017 | |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Jun 21, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Jul 28, 2017 |
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 6, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 6, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 6, 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. 4, January 6, 2017, page H195.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 277 | American Health Care Reform Act of 2017 | Related bill | Feb 10, 2017 |
| S 403 | Health Savings Act of 2017 | Related bill | Feb 15, 2017 |
| S 1358 | Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2017 | Related bill | Jun 14, 2017 |
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 provide for the treatment of certain direct primary care service arrangements and periodic provider fees.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 6, 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.
