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H.R. 5224: Increasing Health Coverage through HRAs Act

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H.R. 5224: Increasing Health Coverage through HRAs Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-11-21 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-11-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-9] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Increasing Health Coverage through HRAs Act

Plain summary

Increasing Health Coverage through HRAs Act This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services rule dated June 20, 2019, which provides for the integration of health reimbursement arrangements and other account-based health plans with individual health insurance coverage or Medicare.

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Official text

Increasing Health Coverage through HRAs Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-9] · 6 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ted Budd (R-NC), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), James R. Baird (R-IN), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Ralph Norman (R-SC)

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Words on this page, explained (3)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
Statute
A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr5224 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116