Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2009
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage for employees' spouses and dependent… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage for employees' spouses and dependent children to coverage provided to other eligible designated beneficiaries of employees.
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from an employee's gross income employer-provided accident and health plan benefits extended to a domestic partner or non-dependent, non-spouse beneficiary eligible to receive such benefits under an employer plan (i.e., "eligible beneficiary"); (2) exempt such benefits paid to eligible beneficiaries from applicable employment and unemployment taxes; (3) allow self-employed individuals a tax deduction for the health insurance costs of their eligible beneficiaries; (4) allow tax-exempt volutary employees' beneficiary associations to provide sick and accident benefits to the domestic partners and non-dependent, non-spouse beneficiaries of their members; and (5) allow reimbursement of the medical expenses of an eligible beneficiary from a health savings account (HSA).
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide guidance relating to reimbursements from a flexible spending arrangement and a health reimbursement arrangement attributable to an eligible beneficiary as defined by this Act.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2625: Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2625/
"H.R. 2625: Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2625/.
H.R. 2625, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2625/.
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