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S 709 114th Congress Senate

Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the amendments made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which disqualify expenses for… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the amendments made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements.

Introduced: March 11, 2015 See on congress.gov
Taxation Health care costs and insuranceIncome tax deductionsPrescription drugs
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 11, 2015
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 Latest action March 11, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015

Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that limit payments for medications from health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, and health flexible spending arrangements to only prescription drugs or insulin (thus allowing distributions from such accounts for over-the-counter drugs).

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 254 Related bill Small Business Health Relief Act of 2015
  • HR 3006 Related bill Helping Save Americans' Health Care Choices Act of 2015
  • HR 1270 Identical bill Restoring Access to Medication and Improving Health Savings Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2 Independent 1
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Mar 19, 2015
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Mar 11, 2015
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Mar 11, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 709: Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-709/
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"S. 709: Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-709/.
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S. 709, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-709/.
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