3.0.0 2457 2023-01-13T04:48:49Z 2023-01-13T04:48:49Z Senate S S 2006-03-27 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-03-27T20:43:39Z 2006-03-27 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2418-2422) IntroReferral 2006-03-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2417-2418) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-03-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N Taxation Administrative procedure Commerce Cost of living adjustments Day care Department of the Treasury Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Families Finance and Financial Sector Flexible benefit plans Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Grants-in-aid Health Health insurance Income tax Indexing (Economic policy) Insurance companies Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Law Licenses Long-term care insurance Medical savings accounts Self-employed Small Business Administration Small business Tax credits Tax deductions Tax exclusion Taxation 00 2006-03-27 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-10T14:52:23Z Small Business Health Insurance Relief Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) certain small employers a tax credit for contributions for employee health insurance coverage and to employee health savings accounts; (2) small businesses to establish simple cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements to provide employees with nontaxable health care benefits; (3) certain insurance companies a tax deduction for up to 50% of claims incurred for health insurance related to small group coverage and small business health plans; and (4) health insurers a tax credit for state licensing costs.

Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a pilot program to provide small businesses with information on health insurance options.

]]> Small Business Health Insurance Relief Act of 2006 Display Title Small Business Health Insurance Relief Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide incentives for supplying health insurance to employees of small employers, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Small Business Health Insurance Relief Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2457is/xml/BILLS-109s2457is.xml 2006-03-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2418-2422) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.