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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2441 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals who 

are not enrolled in a high deductible health plan to have access to 

health savings accounts, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 1, 2019 

Mr. SASSE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals who are not enrolled in a high deductible health 

plan to have access to health savings accounts, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Savings Ac5 count Expansion Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT ELIGI2 BILITY. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 223 of the Internal Rev4 enue Code of 1986 is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (b)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

8 ‘‘high deductible health plan as of the first 

9 day of such month, $2,250’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘qualified health plan as of the first day of 

11 such month, $5,000’’, and 

12 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

13 ‘‘high deductible health plan as of the first 

14 day of such month, $4,500’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘qualified health plan as of the first day of 

16 such month, twice the dollar amount under 

17 subparagraph (A)’’, and 

18 (B) in paragraph (8)— 

19 (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by strik20 ing ‘‘high deductible health plan’’ and in21 serting ‘‘qualified health plan’’, and 

22 (ii) in the heading of subparagraph 

23 (B), by striking ‘‘HIGH DEDUCTIBLE

24 HEALTH PLAN’’ and inserting ‘‘QUALIFIED

25 HEALTH PLAN’’, 

26 (2) in subsection (c)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘high 

2 deductible health plan’’ each place is appears 

3 and inserting ‘‘qualified health plan’’, and 

4 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

5 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘HIGH

6 DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘QUALIFIED HEALTH PLAN’’, 

8 (ii) by amending subparagraph (A) to 

9 read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 

11 health plan’ means a health plan that provides 

12 a level of coverage that is designed to provide 

13 benefits that are actuarially equivalent to not 

14 greater than 80 percent of the full actuarial 

15 value of the benefits provided under the plan.’’, 

16 (iii) by amending subparagraph (C) to 

17 read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(C) ABSENCE OF DEDUCTIBLE.—A health 

19 plan shall not fail to be treated as a qualified 

20 health plan by reason of failing to have a de21 ductible for any care, services, or coverage, such 

22 as preventive care, primary care, or prescription 

23 drug coverage.’’, and 

24 (iv) by striking subparagraph (D), 

25 (3) in subsection (g)(1)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘Each dollar amount in 

2 subsections (b)(2) and (c)(2)(A)’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘The dollar amount in subsection (b)(2)(A)’’, 

4 (B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 

5 as follows: 

6 ‘‘(B) the cost-of-living adjustment deter7 mined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar 

8 year in which such taxable year begins, deter9 mined by substituting ‘2003’ for ‘2016’ in sub10 paragraph (A)(ii) thereof.’’, and 

11 (C) by striking ‘‘adjusted amounts under 

12 subsections (b)(2) and (c)(2)(A)’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘adjusted amounts under subsection (b)(2)’’, 

14 and 

15 (4) in subsection (h)(2), by striking ‘‘high de16 ductible health plan’’ and inserting ‘‘qualified health 

17 plan’’. 

18 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

19 (1) Section 26(b)(2)(S) of the Internal Revenue 

20 Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘high deduct21 ible health plan’’ and inserting ‘‘qualified health 

22 plan’’. 

23 (2) Section 106(e) of such Code is amended— 


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1 (A) in the heading of paragraph (3), by 

2 striking ‘‘HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘QUALIFIED HEALTH PLAN’’, and 

4 (B) in paragraph (5)(B)(ii), by striking 

5 ‘‘high deductible health plan’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘qualified health plan’’. 

7 (3) Section 408(d)(9) of such Code is amend8 ed— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (C)— 

10 (i) in clause (i)(I), by striking ‘‘high 

11 deductible health plan’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘qualified health plan’’, and 

13 (ii) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘high 

14 deductible health plan’’ each place it ap15 pears and inserting ‘‘qualified health 

16 plan’’, and 

17 (B) in the heading of subparagraph (D), 

18 by striking ‘‘HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘QUALIFIED HEALTH PLAN’’. 

20 (4) Section 1906A(b)(2)(B) of the Social Secu21 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396e–1(b)(2)(B)) is amended 

22 by striking ‘‘high deductible health plan’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘qualified health plan’’. 

24 (5) Section 1938(a)(3) of the Social Security 

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1 serting ‘‘(as in effect on the day before the date of 

2 the enactment of the Health Savings Account Ex3 pansion Act of 2019)’’ after ‘‘section 223(c)(2)(C) of 

4 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986’’. 

5 (6) Section 2105(c)(10)(B)(ii)(II) of the Social 

6 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)(10)(B)(ii)(II)) is 

7 amended by striking ‘‘high deductible health plan’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘qualified health plan’’. 

9 (7) Section 1101(c)(2)(B)(ii) of the Patient 

10 Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 18001(c)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

12 223(c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 223(b)(2)’’. 

13 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

14 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 

15 December 31, 2019. 

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