Family Plus Health Care Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6508
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2022-01-25
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-01-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Family Plus Health Care Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill extends coverage under private health insurance to enrollees' parents who are not eligible for separate coverage under Medicare or Medicaid. </p> <p>Specifically, private health insurers that offer dependent coverage of enrollees' children must also offer coverage of enrollees' parents, at an enrollee's option, if such parents are not eligible for Medicare or Medicaid. The bill also provides for the treatment of such parents as dependents for related tax purposes.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6508 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 25, 2022 Ms. Van Duyne introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means , and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to extend group health plan and health insurance coverage to parents of enrollees if such parents are not eligible to enroll in the Medicare or Medicaid program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Family Plus Health Care Act of 2022 . 2. Extension of coverage to parents of enrollees who are not eligible to enroll in the Medicare or Medicaid program (a) Extension of coverage Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 2714 the following new section: 2714A. Extension of coverage to parents of enrollees who are not eligible to enroll in the Medicare or Medicaid program A group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage that provides dependent coverage of children shall extend coverage under such group health plan or such health insurance coverage, at the option of an individual enrolled in such group health plan or such health insurance coverage, to a parent of such individual if such parent is not entitled to benefits under part A, or eligible to enroll under part B, of title XVIII of the Social Security Act and not eligible to enroll under a State plan (or waiver of such plan) under title XIX of such Act. . (b) Tax treatment of expenditures for health insurance of non-Dependent parents (1) Tax treatment (A) Exclusion of amounts expended for medical care Section 105(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (b) Amounts expended for medical care (1) Amounts Except in the case of amounts attributable to (and not in excess of) deductions allowed under section 213 (relating to medical, etc., expenses) for any prior taxable year, gross income does not include amounts referred to in subsection (a) if such amounts are paid, directly or indirectly, to the taxpayer to reimburse the taxpayer for expenses incurred by him for the medical care (as defined in section 213(d)) of the taxpayer, his spouse, his dependents (as defined in section 152, determined without regard to subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B) thereof), any child (as defined in section 152(f)(1)) of the taxpayer who as of the end of the taxable year has not attained age 27, and any parent of the taxpayer who (during the calendar month in which such amounts are incurred) is not entitled to benefits under part A, or eligible to enroll under part B, of title XVIII of the Social Security Act and not eligible to enroll under a State plan (or waiver of such plan) under title XIX of such Act. Any child to whom section 152(e) applies shall be treated as a dependent of both parents for purposes of this subsection. (2) Parent defined For purposes of this subsection, the term parent includes a biological parent, a stepparent, and a parent by adoption. . (B) Self-employed health insurance deduction Section 162(l)(1) of such Code is amended— (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end, (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting , and , and (iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (E) any parent (as defined in section 105(b)(2)) of the taxpayer who, during the calendar month in which such amounts are incurred, is not entitled to benefits under part A, or eligible to enroll under part B, of title XVIII of the Social Security Act and not eligible to enroll under a State plan (or waiver of such plan) under title XIX of such Act. . (C) Coverage under self-employed deduction Section 162(l)(2)(B) of such Code is amended by inserting or subparagraph (E) after subparagraph (D) . (D) Medical and other benefits for retired employees Section 401(h) of such Code is amended by striking age 27. and inserting age 27 or who is a parent (as defined in section 105(b)(2)) of a retired employee who (during the calendar month in which such contributions are made) is not entitled to benefits under part A, or eligible to enroll under part B, of title XVIII of the Social Security Act and not eligible to enroll under a State plan (or waiver of such plan) under title XIX of such Act. . (E) Treatment of parent as dependent for purposes of certain sick and accident benefits Section 501(c)(9) of such Code is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting or who is a parent (as defined in section 105(b)(2)) of a member who (during the calendar month in which such payments are made) is not entitled to benefits under part A, or eligible to enroll under part B, of title XVIII of the Social Security Act and not eligible to enroll under a State plan (or waiver of such plan) under title XIX of such Act. . (2) Effective date The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after the date of the enactment of this Act.