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HR 6813 115th Congress House

Homecare for Seniors Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow qualified distributions from health savings account for certain home care expenses.

Introduced: September 13, 2018 See on congress.gov
Taxation AgingBank accounts, deposits, capitalHealth care costs and insuranceHealth promotion and preventive care
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Home and outpatient careIncome tax exclusion
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 Latest action September 13, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Homecare for Seniors Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow distributions from health savings accounts (HSAs) to be used for qualified home care.

"Qualified home care" includes a contract to provide three or more of the following services in the residence of the service recipient:

  • assistance with eating,
  • assistance with toileting,
  • assistance with transferring,
  • assistance with bathing,
  • assistance with dressing,
  • assistance with continence, and
  • medication adherence.

The Department of Health and Human Services must carry out a campaign to increase public awareness of the in-home service expenses that are eligible for tax-free distribution from HSAs.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 1 Republican 4
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Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Nov 16, 2018
Black, Diane
· Nov 15, 2018
Young, David
· Oct 26, 2018
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Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Oct 5, 2018
 R
Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Oct 2, 2018
 R
Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Oct 2, 2018
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Sep 13, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6813: Homecare for Seniors Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6813/
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