H.R. 3006: Helping Save Americans' Health Care Choices Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-07-09 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-07-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Helping Save Americans' Health Care Choices Act of 2015

Plain summary

Helping Save Americans' Health Care Choices Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: eliminate the requirement that a participant in an HSA be enrolled in a high deductible health care plan; increase the maximum contribution amount to an HSA; permit both spouses in an HSA to make catch-up contributions to the same account; allow the use of HSAs to pay health insurance premiums and long-term care insurance premiums; treat fees paid in advance for the right to receive medical services as a deductible medical expense; permit Medicare recipients to participate in HSAs; repeal the restriction on payments from HSAs for nonprescription drugs; repeal the additional tax on distributions from HSAs and Archer Medical Savings Accounts; and repeal the $2,500 limitation on salary reduction contributions to a health flexible spending arrangement under a cafeteria plan.

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Official text

Helping Save Americans' Health Care Choices Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4] · 8 cosponsors

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Tim Walberg (R-MI), Rick W. Allen (R-GA)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr3006.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr3006 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114