3.0.0 3626 2019-11-15T21:59:22Z 2019-11-15T21:59:22Z Senate S S 2008-09-26 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-26T21:44:57Z 2008-09-26 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-09-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9708-9709) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N Taxation Agriculture and Food Armed Forces and National Security Chronically ill Dietary supplements Disabled Employee health benefits Families Finance and Financial Sector Flexible benefit plans Health Health insurance Income tax Indian medical care Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Married people Medical fees Medical savings accounts Medicare Minorities Native Americans Nutrition Physical fitness Physicians Preventive medicine Social Welfare Sports and Recreation Tax deductions Tax returns Veterans' medical care Taxation

00 2008-09-26 Introduced in Senate 2008-11-26T15:37:07Z Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2008 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to health savings accounts (HSAs) to: (1) permit holders of HSAs and their spouses who are age 55 or older to make an additional (catch-up) contribution to a joint HSA; (2) allow Medicare beneficiaries to continue to contribute to HSA accounts after reaching age 65 and to make contributions to medical savings accounts; (3) permit veterans with service-connected disabilities and Native Americans to contribute to an HSA regardless of utilization of Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) medical services or Indian Health Service or tribal medical services; (4) allow increased rollovers from flexible spending arrangements or health reimbursement arrangements into HSAs; (5) permit the payment of Medicare premiums for a spouse on Medicare from an HSA even though the HSA account holder is not age 65; (6) allow the payment of medical expenses from an HSA as long as the HSA is established by the tax return due date in the following taxable year; (7) expand the definition of "preventive care" to include medications that prevent the worsening of a chronic condition; and (8) treat as medical care for tax deduction and HSA purposes payments for exercise and physical fitness programs and certain nutritional and dietary supplements, up to $1,000 per year, and the payment of fees paid in advance to a primary physician for the right to receive medical services on an as-needed basis.

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