Title: Chronic Disease Management Act of 2020
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
Chronic Disease Management Act of 2020
This bill modifies requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) to permit the high deductible health plans required for an HSA to provide care for chronic conditions with no deductible. The bill covers any service or item used to treat a chronic condition if (1) such service or item is low-cost, (2) there is medical evidence of the effectiveness of such service or item, and (3) there is a strong likelihood that the use of such service or item will prevent the exacerbation of the chronic condition or the development of a secondary condition that requires significantly higher cost treatment.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3200 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3200

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit high deductible 
  health plans to provide chronic disease prevention services to plan 
          enrollees prior to satisfying their plan deductible.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 15, 2020

Mr. Thune (for himself, Mr. Carper, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Smith, Ms. McSally, 
and Ms. Sinema) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit high deductible 
  health plans to provide chronic disease prevention services to plan 
          enrollees prior to satisfying their plan deductible.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Chronic Disease Management Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION.

    (a) In General.--Section 223(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E) 
and by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Preventive care services and items for 
                chronic conditions.--For purposes of subparagraph (C), 
                preventive care shall include any service or item used 
                to treat an individual with a chronic condition if--
                            ``(i) such service or item is low-cost,
                            ``(ii) in regards to such service or item, 
                        there is medical evidence supporting high cost 
                        efficiency of preventing exacerbation of the 
                        chronic condition or the development of a 
                        secondary condition, and
                            ``(iii) there is a strong likelihood, 
                        documented by clinical evidence, that with 
                        respect to the class of individuals utilizing 
                        such service or item, the specific service or 
                        use of the item will prevent the exacerbation 
                        of the chronic condition or the development of 
                        a secondary condition that requires 
                        significantly higher cost treatments.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to coverage for months beginning after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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