3.0.0 28 2023-01-11T13:35:19Z 2023-01-11T13:35:19Z Senate S 2017-01-04 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-01-04T20:43:59Z Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017 115 247 HR 2017-01-04 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS 2017-01-04 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S60-61) IntroReferral 2017-01-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ N J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2017-01-04 True L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2017-05-04 False Taxation Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Income tax deductions Income tax rates Taxation 00 2017-01-04 Introduced in Senate 2017-01-13T14:59:34Z Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) to:

  • increase the maximum contribution amounts,
  • permit the use of HSAs to pay health insurance premiums and direct primary care expenses,
  • repeal the restriction on using HSAs for over-the-counter medications,
  • eliminate the requirement that a participant in an HSA be enrolled in a high deductible health care plan, and
  • decrease the additional tax for HSA distributions not used for qualified medical expenses.
]]> Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017 Display Title Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the permissible use of health savings accounts to include health insurance payments and to increase the dollar limitation for contributions to health savings accounts, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s28is/xml/BILLS-115s28is.xml 2017-01-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S60-61) 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.