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HR 6162 112th Congress House

Ensuring Women's Access to Free-Market Healthcare Act of 2012

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit health plans without a deductible for prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care to be treated as h… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit health plans without a deductible for prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care to be treated as high deductible plans with respect to health savings accounts.

Introduced: July 19, 2012 Introduced by: Cassidy, Bill Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
Taxation Child healthHealth care costs and insuranceIncome tax deductionsSex and reproductive healthWomen's health
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Jul 19, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 19, 2012
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 Latest action July 19, 2012

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Women's Access to Free-Market Healthcare Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of health savings accounts (HSAs), to allow a health plan which does not have a deductible for prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care to be treated as a high deductible health plan.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Republican 3
Black, Diane
· Jul 19, 2012
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jul 19, 2012
BONO MACK, MARY
· Jul 19, 2012
Boustany, Charles
· Jul 19, 2012
Broun, Paul
· Jul 19, 2012
 R
DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Jul 19, 2012
Fortenberry, Jeff
· Jul 19, 2012
 R
Harris, Andy
Maryland · Jul 19, 2012
Lance, Leonard
· Jul 19, 2012
PAUL, RON
· Jul 19, 2012
TERRY, LEE
· Jul 19, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6162: Ensuring Women's Access to Free-Market Healthcare Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6162/
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"H.R. 6162: Ensuring Women's Access to Free-Market Healthcare Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6162/.
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H.R. 6162, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6162/.
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