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S 610 113th Congress Senate Health Employee benefits and pensions Health care costs and insurance Prescription drugs

Family Health Care Flexibility Act

Introduced: December 10, 2014 See on congress.gov
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Mar 19, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 19, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Family Health Care Flexibility Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 that: (1) restrict payments from health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, and health flexible spending arrangements for medications to prescription drugs and insulin only (thus allowing payments for over-the-counter medications); and (2) impose a $2,500 limitation on salary reduction contributions to a health flexible spending arrangement under a cafeteria plan.

What's happening now March 19, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 1558 Related bill Small Business Health Relief Act of 2013
  • S 1647 Related bill Restoring Access to Medication Act
  • HR 1248 Identical bill Family Health Care Flexibility Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 6
Heller, Dean
· Dec 10, 2014
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Nov 13, 2013
FLAKE, JEFF
· Apr 17, 2013
 R
Risch, James E.
Idaho · Mar 20, 2013
 R
Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Mar 19, 2013
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Mar 19, 2013
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Mar 19, 2013
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Mar 19, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 610: Family Health Care Flexibility Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-610/
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"S. 610: Family Health Care Flexibility Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-610/.
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