Promoting High-Value Health Care Through Flexibility for High Deductible Health Plans Act of 2018
Latest action · Jul 19, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 654.
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 29, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Promoting High-Value Health Care Through Flexibility for High Deductible Health Plans Act of 2018
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the high deductible health plans that are required for a health savings account to cover up to $250 of specified services for self-only coverage (twice the amount in the case of family coverage) during a plan year without a deductible. The limit must be adjusted annually for inflation.
The specified services covered by this bill include services other than preventive care that are identified under the terms of the plan. (Under current law, high deductible plans are already permitted to provide coverage for preventive care with no deductible.)
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 29, 2018 to Jul 10, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Jun 29, 2018 |
| R-TN | Diane Black | Jul 10, 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 Jun 29, 2018Markup Jul 11, 2018Reported Jul 19, 2018 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-845.
- Jul 19, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 654.
- Jul 11, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 11, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 14.
- Jun 29, 2018Introduced in House
- Jun 29, 2018Referred 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 25, 2018H.R. 6301, Promoting High-Value Health Care Through Flexibility for High Deductible Health Plans Act of 2018As reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 19, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 110, June 29, 2018, pages H5981, H195.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6199 | Restoring Access to Medication and Modernizing Health Savings Accounts Act of 2018 | Related bill | Jul 26, 2018 |
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 high deductible health plans with first dollar coverage flexibility.
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Promoting High-Value Health Care Through Flexibility for High Deductible Health Plans Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2018Reported in House
- Jun 29, 2018Introduced 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.
