Title: Health Care Security Act of 2018
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the rules for health savings accounts (HSAs) with respect to contribution limits, catch-up contributions for married couples, and medical expenses incurred before an HSA is established.
The bill increases the maximum contribution limits for HSAs to equal the maximum for the sum of the annual deductible and out-of-pocket expenses that may be required to be paid for covered benefits under a high deductible health plan.
If both spouses of a married couple have family coverage under a high deductible health plan, each spouse may make catch-up contributions to the same HSA. (Catch-up contributions are additional contributions which individuals who are at least 55 years of age may make to an HSA.)
If an HSA is established within 60 days of the beginning of coverage under a high deductible health plan, any distribution from the HSA used to pay a qualified medical expense incurred during that 60-day period after the health coverage began is excludible from gross income. (Under current law, the medical expense must be incurred on or after the date that the HSA is established.)

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6306 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6306

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the contribution 
    limitation for health savings accounts, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 3, 2018

 Mr. Paulsen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the contribution 
    limitation for health savings accounts, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION LIMIT TO HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT 
              INCREASED TO AMOUNT OF DEDUCTIBLE AND OUT-OF-POCKET 
              LIMITATION.

    (a) Self-Only Coverage.--Section 223(b)(2)(A) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``$2,250'' and inserting 
``the amount in effect under subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii)(I)''.
    (b) Family Coverage.--Section 223(b)(2)(B) of such Code is amended 
by striking ``$4,500'' and inserting ``the amount in effect under 
subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii)(II)''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 223(g)(1) of such Code is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``subsections (b)(2) and'' both places it 
        appears and inserting ``subsection'', and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``determined by'' and 
        all that follows through ```calendar year 2003'.'' and 
        inserting ``determined by substituting `calendar year 2003' for 
        `calendar year 2016' in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018.

SEC. 2. ALLOW BOTH SPOUSES TO MAKE CATCH-UP CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SAME 
              HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT.

    (a) In General.--Section 223(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended to read as follows:
            ``(5) Special rule for married individuals with family 
        coverage.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of individuals who 
                are married to each other, if both spouses are eligible 
                individuals and either spouse has family coverage under 
                a high deductible health plan as of the first day of 
                any month--
                            ``(i) the limitation under paragraph (1) 
                        shall be applied by not taking into account any 
                        other high deductible health plan coverage of 
                        either spouse (and if such spouses both have 
                        family coverage under separate high deductible 
                        health plans, only one such coverage shall be 
                        taken into account),
                            ``(ii) such limitation (after application 
                        of clause (i)) shall be reduced by the 
                        aggregate amount paid to Archer MSAs of such 
                        spouses for the taxable year, and
                            ``(iii) such limitation (after application 
                        of clauses (i) and (ii)) shall be divided 
                        equally between such spouses unless they agree 
                        on a different division.
                    ``(B) Treatment of additional contribution 
                amounts.--If both spouses referred to in subparagraph 
                (A) have attained age 55 before the close of the 
                taxable year, the limitation referred to in 
                subparagraph (A)(iii) which is subject to division 
                between the spouses shall include the additional 
                contribution amounts determined under paragraph (3) for 
                both spouses. In any other case, any additional 
                contribution amount determined under paragraph (3) 
                shall not be taken into account under subparagraph 
                (A)(iii) and shall not be subject to division between 
                the spouses.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018.

SEC. 3. SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN MEDICAL EXPENSES INCURRED BEFORE 
              ESTABLISHMENT OF HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT.

    (a) In General.--Section 223(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Treatment of certain medical expenses 
                incurred before establishment of account.--If a health 
                savings account is established during the 60-day period 
                beginning on the date that coverage of the account 
                beneficiary under a high deductible health plan begins, 
                then, solely for purposes of determining whether an 
                amount paid is used for a qualified medical expense, 
                such account shall be treated as having been 
                established on the date that such coverage begins.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this subsection shall 
apply with respect to coverage beginning after December 31, 2018.
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