3.0.0 1399 2023-01-11T13:49:08Z 2023-09-05T17:28:05Z Senate S 2021-04-27 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-04-27T23:18:28Z Homecare for Seniors Act 117 2898 HR 2021-04-28 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS 2021-04-27 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-04-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ N P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2021-04-27 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2021-04-27 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2021-04-27 True Taxation Aging Bank accounts, deposits, capital Health care costs and insurance Health promotion and preventive care Home and outpatient care Income tax exclusion Taxation 00 2021-04-27 Introduced in Senate 2021-06-08T17:25:12Z Homecare for Seniors Act

This bill allows tax-exempt distributions from health savings accounts (HSAs) to be used for qualified home care.

Qualified home care includes a contract to provide three or more of the following services in the residence of the service recipient

  • assistance with eating,
  • assistance with toileting,
  • assistance with transferring,
  • assistance with bathing,
  • assistance with dressing,
  • assistance with continence, and
  • medication adherence.

The Department of Health and Human Services must carry out a campaign to increase public awareness of the in-home service expenses that are eligible for tax-free distribution from HSAs.

]]> Homecare for Seniors Act Display Title Homecare for Seniors Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow qualified distributions from health savings accounts for certain home care expenses. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Homecare for Seniors Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1399is/xml/BILLS-117s1399is.xml 2021-04-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.