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S 1153 111th Congress Senate

Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2009

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage for employees' spouses and de… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill 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.

Introduced: September 29, 2010 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Taxation Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of the TreasuryEmployment taxesHealth care costs and insurance
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Income tax deductionsIncome tax exclusionSelf-employed
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 21, 2009
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 Latest action May 21, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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). S. 1153: Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1153/
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