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H.R. 2688 113th Congress House

PATIENT's Health Care Act of 2013

Official title: To improve healthcare-related, tax-preferred savings accounts and to provide for cooperative governing of individual and group health insurance coverage across State lines, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 15, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Jul 23, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 19, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 15, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 15, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 23, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Providing Accountability and Transparency to Incentivize Economically Necessary Transitions in Health Care Act of 2013 or the PATIENT's Health Care Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to:

  • allow a new tax deduction for premiums paid for a high deductible health care plan;
  • repeal the requirement that an individual making a tax deductible contribution to an HSA be covered by a high deductible health care plan;
  • increase the maximum HSA contribution level;
  • allow Medicare beneficiaries to contribute to an HSA;
  • allow a rollover of HSA amounts to a Medicare Advantage Medical Savings Account (MSA);
  • allow a transfer of a flexible spending arrangement balance to an HSA upon separation from employment;
  • allow payments of high deductible health plan premiums from HSAs;
  • repeal the prohibition against payment of over-the-counter drugs from HSAs, Archer MSAs, and health flexible spending and reimbursement arrangements;
  • allow payment of long-term care premiums from health flexible spending arrangements;
  • allow a rollover of Archer MSA and HSA amounts to adult children of an account holder;
  • allow a carryover of up to $500 of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements;
  • allow Medicare beneficiaries to contribute to a Medicare Advantage MSA; and
  • establish child health savings accounts and allow tax deductible contributions to such accounts.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to permit the operation of individual and group health insurance plans across state lines. Sets forth requirements and limitations applicable to issuers of such plans in the primary and secondary states governing such issuers.

Extends through December 31, 2016, the Preexisting Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP program) established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2688: PATIENT's Health Care Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2688/
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"H.R. 2688: PATIENT's Health Care Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2688/.
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H.R. 2688, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2688/.
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