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HR 6961 110th Congress House

Healthcare Enhancement for Local Public Servants Act of 2008

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain public employees a deduction for distributions from governmental plans for health and long-term care insurance, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 18, 2008 See on congress.gov
Taxation Cost of living adjustmentsEconomics and Public FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment employees' health insurance
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Health insuranceIncome taxIndexing (Economic policy)Local employeesLong-term care insuranceRetiree health benefitsState employeesTax deductionsTax exclusion
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It never became law before the 110th Congress (2007–2008) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 18, 2008
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 Latest action September 18, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Healthcare Enhancement for Local Public Servants Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend eligibility for tax-free distributions from governmental employee benefit plans for health and long-term care insurance to any retired state or local public employee (currently, limited to retired public safety officers); (2) provide for a tax deduction of such distributions rather than an exclusion from gross income; (3) allow nonitemizing taxpayers to claim such tax deduction; and (4) allow an annual inflation adjustment to the $3,000 distribution limit beginning after 2009.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6961: Healthcare Enhancement for Local Public Servants Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6961/
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"H.R. 6961: Healthcare Enhancement for Local Public Servants Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6961/.
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H.R. 6961, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6961/.
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