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<dc:title>118 HR 7222 IH: Lowering Costs for Caregivers Act of 2023</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2024-02-05</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 7222</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20240205">February 5, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="B001260">Mr. Buchanan</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="T000460">Mr. Thompson of California</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HWM00">Committee on Ways and Means</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow expenses for parents to be taken into account as medical expenses, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H4593B37E7FAA44BA9D37AF0CA6044826" style="OLC"><section id="H7658B03B7D77452DA5EFFCA8F6BCF982" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Lowering Costs for Caregivers Act of 2023</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H5C8C0C0569C047EC9A6BB3C20AF9EDA0"><enum>2.</enum><header>Health savings accounts</header><subsection id="H162E30C0527C4F189925BB8176827B96"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/223">section 223(d)(2)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting <quote>, any parent of either such individual or such spouse</quote> after <quote>the spouse of such individual</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="H719D85F6ADB54F049819A74B776626AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to amounts paid after December 31, 2023.</text></subsection></section><section id="H4D8EBE8F6C934665B9C4BC3596BDDC85"><enum>3.</enum><header>Flexible spending and health reimbursement arrangements</header><subsection id="H6EE20202779A4C2AAF5BE52F58608C56"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subsection (b) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/105">section 105</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>A health flexible spending arrangement or health reimbursement arrangement shall not fail to be treated as meeting the requirements of this subsection or section 106, and no amount shall be included in gross income of the taxpayer, solely because, under the arrangement, the taxpayer may use amounts contributed to such arrangement for medical care (as defined in section 213(d), without regard to paragraph (1)(D) thereof) for a parent of the taxpayer or of the spouse of the taxpayer.</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="H179AC070109546069D2BB090E18162D2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to expenses incurred after December 31, 2023.</text></subsection></section><section id="HE4722A2976C9438A9BC592D82DDA7DBE"><enum>4.</enum><header>Archer MSAs</header><subsection id="HE196F1C456CA458B91A4DD5657E2AB7C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/220">section 220(d)(2)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting <quote>, any parent of either such individual or such spouse</quote> after <quote>the spouse of such individual</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="HC1FA38538F3A4DA7967FEED954B18BBC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to amounts paid after December 31, 2023.</text></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

