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[H.R. 6199 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 658
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6199

                          [Report No. 115-850]

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include certain over-the-
        counter medical products as qualified medical expenses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2018

    Ms. Jenkins of Kansas (for herself, Ms. Meng, Mr. Kind, and Mr. 
   Paulsen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

                             July 19, 2018

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 
                               22, 2018]


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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include certain over-the-
        counter medical products as qualified medical expenses.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring Access to Medication Act 
of 2018''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICAL PRODUCTS AS 
              QUALIFIED MEDICAL EXPENSES.

    (a) HSAs.--Section 223(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended--
            (1) by striking the last sentence of subparagraph (A) and 
        inserting the following: ``For purposes of this subparagraph, 
        amounts paid for menstrual care products shall be treated as 
        paid for medical care.'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Menstrual care product.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, the term `menstrual care product' means a 
                tampon, pad, liner, cup, sponge, or similar product 
                used by women with respect to menstruation or other 
                genital-tract secretions.''.
    (b) Archer MSAs.--Section 220(d)(2)(A) of such Code is amended by 
striking the last sentence and inserting the following: ``For purposes 
of this subparagraph, amounts paid for menstrual care products (as 
defined in section 223(d)(2)(D)) shall be treated as paid for medical 
care.''.
    (c) Health Flexible Spending Arrangements and Health Reimbursement 
Arrangements.--Section 106 of such Code is amended by striking 
subsection (f) and inserting the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Reimbursements for Menstrual Care Products.--For purposes of 
this section and section 105, expenses incurred for menstrual care 
products (as defined in section 223(d)(2)(D)) shall be treated as 
incurred for medical care.''.
    (d) Effective Dates.--
            (1) Distributions from health savings accounts.--The 
        amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply to 
        amounts paid after December 31, 2018.
            (2) Reimbursements.--The amendment made by subsection (c) 
        shall apply to expenses incurred after December 31, 2018.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 658

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 6199

                          [Report No. 115-850]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include certain over-the-
        counter medical products as qualified medical expenses.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 19, 2018

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed