3.0.0 2900 2023-01-11T13:24:20Z 2023-01-11T13:24:20Z House H HR 2013-08-01 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BROUN of Georgia:H.R. 2900.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (the Spending Clause) of theUnited States Constitution states that ``The Congress shallhave Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, andExcises, to pay for Debts and provide for the common Defenceand general Welfare of the United States.'' This billrestores the proper balance of power between the federal andstate governments as intended under the 10th Amendment to theConstitution by devolving the responsibilities related tohealth care to the states and individuals. It also reinforcesthe founding constitutional principle that state governmentsand individuals are properly situated with attending to theirown health, safety, and general welfare.[Page H5345]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii24 Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee Referred to 2013-08-06T16:25:36Z Referred to 2013-08-01T14:00:49Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2013-08-02T16:32:12Z Referred to 2013-08-01T14:00:34Z hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-08-01T14:01:10Z hsap00 Appropriations Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-08-01T14:01:05Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2013-08-01T14:01:00Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-08-01T14:00:54Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-08-01T14:00:44Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-08-01T14:00:39Z State Health Flexibility Act of 2013 113 567 HR 2013-04-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Health Care Choice Act of 2013 113 762 HR 2013-04-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS State Nutrition Assistance Flexibility Act of 2013 113 1355 HR 2013-04-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Related bill CRS PATIENT's Health Care Act of 2013 113 2688 HR 2013-07-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit rollovers from health savings accounts to Medicare Advantage MSAs. 113 4180 HR 2014-03-06 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS 2013-08-06 hsii24 Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. Committee 2013-08-02 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2013-08-01 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, House Administration, Appropriations, and Rules, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsru00 Rules Committee 2013-08-01 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, House Administration, Appropriations, and Rules, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsap00 Appropriations Committee 2013-08-01 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, House Administration, Appropriations, and Rules, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2013-08-01 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, House Administration, Appropriations, and Rules, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2013-08-01 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, House Administration, Appropriations, and Rules, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2013-08-01 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, House Administration, Appropriations, and Rules, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2013-08-01 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, House Administration, Appropriations, and Rules, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2013-08-01 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, House Administration, Appropriations, and Rules, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2013-08-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5269-5270) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2013-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001262 Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10] Paul Broun R GA C. 10 N Health Abortion Accounting and auditing Administrative remedies Border security and unlawful immigration Charitable contributions Child health Comprehensive health care Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Department of Health and Human Services Department of the Treasury Disability and health-based discrimination Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee benefits and pensions Employee hiring Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Immigrant health and welfare Income tax credits Income tax deductions Income tax exclusion Intergovernmental relations Medicaid Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Organ and tissue donation and transplantation Poverty and welfare assistance Prescription drugs Sales and excise taxes Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations State and local government operations Health 00 2013-08-01 Introduced in House 2013-12-11T15:57:25Z Offering Patients True Individualized Options Now Act of 2013 or OPTION Act of 2013 - Repeals Title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (relating to health insurance and health coverage expansion) and any amendments to it made by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Restores provisions of law amended or repealed by such provisions.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs) to: (1) eliminate the high deductible health plan coverage requirement for HSA participants, (2) increase to $10,000 the maximum dollar amount of the tax deduction for payments to an HSA, and (3) permit Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) eligible individuals to contribute to an HSA.

Allows an HSA rollover to a Medicare Advantage Medical Savings Account (MSA).

Repeals the additional tax on HSA distributions not used for qualified medical expenses.

Eliminates the 10% floor and the 2% miscellaneous itemized deduction floor on itemized medical expense deductions, and the prescribed drug limitation on certain tax benefits for medical expenses.

Allows physicians a tax credit for providing charity care and anyone a tax credit for contributions or gifts for medical care for the indigent.

Extends continuation coverage under COBRA (health insurance continuation benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985).

Excludes from gross income HSA distributions for charitable purposes.

Amends title II (Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a procedure to enroll a Medicare Part A beneficiary in the Medicare Reform Premium Assistance Program (established by this Act) to buy private health insurance.

Directs the Secretary to begin phasing out, over ten years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the Administrator of such Centers and eventually transfer their duties and responsibilities to an office and official within the Department of the Treasury.

Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) to allow certified medical professionals to assess the nature and extent of an emergency room patient's illness or injury to determine whether an emergency medical condition exists (triage).

Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the sale and purchase of individual and group health insurance policies across state lines. Sets forth requirements for and restrictions on such policies.

State Health Flexibility Act of 2013 - Amends SSA titles XIX (Medicaid) and XIX (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP) to repeal and replace these programs with a program of block grants to states for health care services to indigent individuals.

Requires states receiving such block grants to pay for health-care-related items and services provided to a citizen, legal resident, or an alien not lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of law, if: (1) such health-care-related items and services are necessary for the treatment of an emergency medical condition, (2) the individual meets all necessary eligibility requirements for health-care-related items and services under the block grant program except for any immigration status requirement, and (3) such items and services are not related to an organ transplant procedure.

]]> OPTION Act of 2013 Display Title OPTION Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the percentage floor on medical expense deductions, expand the use of tax-preferred health care accounts, and establish a charity care credit; to amend the Social Security Act to create a Medicare Premium Assistance Program, reform EMTALA requirements, and to replace the Medicaid program and the Children's Health Insurance program with a block grant to the States; to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual and group health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced OPTION Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Offering Patients True Individualized Options Now Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill State Health Flexibility Act of 2013 Introduced in House 2013-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr2900ih/xml/BILLS-113hr2900ih.xml 2013-08-06 Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. 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.