Ensuring Women's Access to Free-Market Healthcare Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1675
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-23
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child health

Health care costs and insurance

Income tax deductions

Sex and reproductive health

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Ensuring Women's Access to Free-Market Healthcare Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of health savings accounts (HSAs), to allow a health plan which does not have a deductible for prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care to be treated as a high deductible health plan.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1675 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2013 Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Heck of Nevada , Mr. Harris , Mrs. Black , Mr. Burgess , Mr. Terry , Mr. Westmoreland , Mr. Broun of Georgia , Mr. Lance , and Mr. DesJarlais ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit health plans without a deductible for prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care to be treated as high deductible plans with respect to health savings accounts.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Women’s Access to Free-Market Healthcare Act of 2013 . 2. HSA high deductible plan safe harbor for absence of prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care deductible (a) In general Paragraph (2) of section 223(c) 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) Safe harbor for absence of prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care deductible (i) In general A plan shall not fail to be treated as a high deductible health plan by reason of failing to have a deductible for prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care. (ii) Prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum The Secretary, in consultation with the American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, shall by regulation define prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care for purposes of this subparagraph. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013.