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HR 2465 105th Congress House Health Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government employees' health insurance Income tax Medical savings accounts Personal income tax Retiree health benefits Tax deductions Taxation

To make medical savings accounts available in connection with certain health plans under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 11, 1997 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 18, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
Sep 11, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Sep 11, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Sep 11, 1997
Referred to House Government Reform
Sep 11, 1997
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends Federal law relating to health insurance for Federal employees to authorize the Office of Personnel Management to contract for or approve one or more high deductible plans providing specified benefits. Allows the Government contribution for high deductible plans to be 100 percent of the subscription charge. Requires that, if 60 percent of the average subscription charge exceeds the total subscription charge of an employee's or annuitant's plan, the excess be paid into the employee's or annuitant's medical savings account. Determines that average disregarding high deductible plans.

Amends Internal Revenue Code medical savings account provisions to require, for those provisions, treating the Federal Government as a small employer. Exempts individuals in high deductible plans from provisions limiting: (1) the medical savings account deduction to the compensation of the individual (provides for coordination with the exclusion for employer contributions); and (2) the number of taxpayers having medical savings accounts.

What's happening now September 18, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.

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