Homecare for Seniors Act
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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 24, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Homecare for Seniors Act
This bill allows tax-exempt distributions from health savings accounts (HSAs) to be used for qualified home care.
Qualified home care means a contract to provide three or more of the following services in the residence of the service recipient:
- assistance with eating,
- assistance with toileting,
- assistance with transferring,
- assistance with bathing,
- assistance with dressing,
- assistance with continence, and
- medication adherence.
The Department of Health and Human Services must carry out a campaign to increase public awareness of the in-home service expenses that are eligible for tax-free distribution from HSAs.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 24, 2023 to Jul 26, 2024; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Mar 24, 2023 |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Original | Mar 24, 2023 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Mar 24, 2023 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Mar 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Mar 24, 2023 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Mar 24, 2023 |
| R-NE | Mike Flood | Original | Mar 24, 2023 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Mar 24, 2023 |
| R-OH | Troy Balderson | Original | Mar 24, 2023 |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Mar 27, 2023 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Apr 10, 2023 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | May 11, 2023 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Jun 23, 2023 | |
| R-KS | Jake LaTurner | Jun 23, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Dec 1, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Mar 13, 2024 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Jul 26, 2024 |
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 24, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 24, 2023Introduced in House
- Mar 24, 2023Referred 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. 169, no. 54, March 24, 2023, page H1438.
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 allow qualified distributions from health savings accounts for certain home care expenses.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Homecare for Seniors Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 24, 2023Introduced 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.
