H.R. 5858: Health Savings Accounts Improvements Act of 2012
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H.R. 5858: Health Savings Accounts Improvements Act of 2012
112th Congress · introduced 2012-05-29 · Taxation · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 365.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2012-05-29 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 365. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Health Savings Accounts Improvements Act of 2012
Plain summary
Health Savings Accounts Improvements Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: (1) allow a tax credit for retirement savings contributions for deductible contributions made to an HSA and salary reduction contributions under a cafeteria plan made by an employer to an HSA; (2) provide a special rule to allow a tax deduction for medical expenses incurred before the establishment of an HSA; (3) allow a husband and wife to make catch-up contributions to the same HSA; (4) allow veterans who receive medical benefits for a service-connected disability to participate in an HSA; and (5) allow HSA participants who are enrolled in a group health plan as a former employee or spouse of a former employee and who have attained age 55, but not age 65, to pay expenses for coverage under such plan from an HSA.
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Official text
Health Savings Accounts Improvements Act of 2012
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))
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Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr5858.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr5858 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112