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H.R. 5596 116th Congress House

Personalized Care Act of 2020

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand and improve health savings accounts, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 27, 2020 Introduced by: Chip Roy Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Taxation Bank accounts, deposits, capitalHealth care costs and insuranceIncome tax deductionsReligion
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Jan 14, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 14, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Personalized Care Act of 2020

This bill revises provisions relating to health savings accounts (HSAs), including to

  • redefine eligible individual for HSA purposes to allow increased participation in HSAs,
  • increase the limit on contributions to HSAs,
  • permit the payment of health insurance premiums from HSAs,
  • include within the definition of qualified medical expenses periodic fees paid for medical services and amounts paid by a member of a health care sharing ministry,
  • treat periodic provider fees as deductible medical expenses,
  • allow payment of over-the-counter medicines or drugs from HSAs, and
  • lower the 20% penalty for nonqualified distributions from HSAs to 10%.

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 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 725 Reintroduced Bill Personalized Care Act of 2021
  • HR 6396 Responsible Relief for Americans Act
  • S 3112 Personalized Care Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 26
All 26 Republican 9
R
Curtis, John R.
Utah · Jun 15, 2020
Hartzler, Vicky
· Jun 15, 2020
 R
Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Apr 17, 2020
Gaetz, Matt
· Apr 17, 2020
Hice, Jody
· Apr 17, 2020
Yoho, Ted
· Apr 17, 2020
Wright, Ron
· Mar 3, 2020
Watkins, Steve
· Feb 27, 2020
Bishop, Dan
· Feb 25, 2020
Keller, Fred
· Feb 7, 2020
Mooney, Alexander
· Feb 7, 2020
Riggleman, Denver
· Feb 7, 2020
 R
Murphy, Gregory F.
North Carolina · Feb 6, 2020
Ratcliffe, John
· Feb 4, 2020
Meadows, Mark
· Feb 3, 2020
 R
Cline, Ben
Virginia · Jan 29, 2020
Duncan, Jeff
· Jan 29, 2020
Gohmert, Louie
· Jan 29, 2020
 R
Gooden, Lance
Texas · Jan 29, 2020
Roe, David
· Jan 29, 2020
Gibbs, Bob
· Jan 28, 2020
Lamborn, Doug
· Jan 28, 2020
 R
Williams, Roger
Texas · Jan 27, 2020
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Jan 24, 2020
 R
Biggs, Andy
Arizona · Jan 14, 2020
 R
Johnson, Mike
Louisiana · Jan 14, 2020
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