To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow qualified distributions from health savings account for certain home care expenses.
United States115th CongressHR-6813House of Representatives
Updated: Sep 13, 2018
Summary
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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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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