[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4716 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4716

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a safe harbor for 
high deductible health plans without a deductible for certain inhalers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 17, 2019

     Mr. Cox of California (for himself and Ms. Sewell of Alabama) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a safe harbor for 
high deductible health plans without a deductible for certain inhalers.

    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 ``Inhaler Coverage and Access Now 
Act'' or as the ``I CAN Act''.

SEC. 2. SAFE HARBOR FOR HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLANS WITHOUT DEDUCTIBLE 
              FOR CERTAIN INHALERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 223(c)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``for preventive care'' and inserting ``for 
        one or more of the following:
                            ``(i) Preventive care'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(ii) Inhalers for treatment of any 
                        chronic lung disease (and any medicine or drug 
                        which is delivered through such inhaler for 
                        treatment of such disease).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The heading for section 223(c)(2)(C) of 
such Code is amended by striking ``preventive care deductible'' and 
inserting ``certain deductibles''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this subsection shall 
apply to months beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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