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S 4911 116th Congress Senate Taxation Civil actions and liability Health care costs and insurance Income tax exclusion Mental health Neurological disorders

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion for compensation for injuries or sickness to encompass posttraumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 18, 2020 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 18, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill extends the tax exclusion of damages on account of injuries or sickness to include post-traumatic stress disorder.

What's happening now November 18, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4911: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion for compensation for injuries or sickness to encompass posttraumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4911/
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"S. 4911: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion for compensation for injuries or sickness to encompass posttraumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4911/.
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S. 4911, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4911/.
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[S. 4911: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion for compensation for injuries or sickness to encompass posttraumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4911/)
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