To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment of distributions from health savings accounts for long-term care services.

Bill: 118-hr-5774
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2023-09-27
Policy area: Taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5774 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 27, 2023 Mr. Smith of Nebraska (for himself and Ms. Porter ) 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 clarify the treatment of distributions from health savings accounts for long-term care services.

1. Clarification of treatment of distributions from health savings account for long-term care services (a) In general Section 223(d)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting before the last sentence the following: Such term includes amounts paid for qualified long-term care services (as defined in section 7702B(c)). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to amounts paid after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) In inference Nothing contained in this section or the amendment made thereby shall be construed to create any inference with respect to any amounts paid on or before such date.