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HR 1718 111th Congress House Taxation Blood and blood diseases Cell biology and embryology Health care costs and insurance Income tax deductions Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses.

Introduced: March 25, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Mar 25, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 25, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat the cost of private umbilical cord blood banking services as a medical care expense for purposes of the tax deduction for medical expenses.

What's happening now March 25, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 3
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Calvert, Ken
California · Sep 28, 2010
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Apr 20, 2010
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 9, 2010
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 21, 2009
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Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 25, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1718: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1718/
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"H.R. 1718: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1718/.
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H.R. 1718, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1718/.
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[H.R. 1718: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1718/)
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