This bill revises provisions relating to health savings accounts (HSAs). Specifically, the bill
repeals the annual limitation on tax-deductible contributions to HSAs by plan participants and their employers;
eliminates the requirement that an HSA participant must be enrolled in a high deductible health plan as a condition of eligibility;
expands qualified medical expenses to include prescription and over-the-counter drugs;
allows payments from HSAs for health insurance premiums;
allows payment of medical expenses incurred prior to the establishment of an HSA and correction of administrative errors prior to the due date of an applicable tax return;
allows a tax-free rollover of amounts in an HSA, upon the death of an account holder, to the account holder's child, parent, or grandparent; and
extends bankruptcy protections to HSAs on the same basis as tax-preferred retirement plans.
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Aug 14, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.