HR10409-118

Introduced

To address the high costs of health care services, prescription drugs, and health insurance coverage in the United States, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Dec 12, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To address the high costs of health care services, prescription drugs, and health insurance coverage in the United States, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Finance, Labor.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HEAE1CFF30CEC42B0AED354F356B89819: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Fair Care Act of 2024. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
  • Section HAF9F9A0C7354433E980588C4C131FCB0: 101. Modernization of health savings accounts Section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 223.Health savings...
  • Section HFBB0F06797F84619AE727959BF131B65: 223. Health savings accounts In the case of an individual who is an eligible individual for any month during the taxable year, there shall be allowed as a...
  • Section HD6A4FF995179426CB9874BCE048F7311: 102. Unused premium tax credits may be deposited in health savings accounts Section 36B is amended by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i) and by...
  • Section H92FE1F9C8F0F44E1A4AD3F309AF30A86: 103. Health Reimbursement Arrangements and Other Account-Based Group Health Plans The rule published by the Internal Revenue Service, the Employee Benefits...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To address the high costs of health care services, prescription drugs, and health insurance coverage in the United States, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Finance, Labor

Primary Purpose

This bill, To address the high costs of health care services, prescription drugs, and health insurance coverage in the United States, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Finance Labor

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 12, 2024

Mr. Westerman introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Finance Labor
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_treasury"
→ Secretary of the Treasury
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

6 terms
"applicable beneficiary" §H0888283E91264D2EB532778CBB253317

an individual who, on the date of dispensing a covered part D drug— is enrolled in a prescription drug plan or an MA–PD plan

"nonmajor rule" §H7079A4C69D5B4B57B4DA81F506DBAA3A

any rule of the Food and Drug Administration that is not a major rule. The term rule has the meaning given such term in section 551, except that such term does not include— any rule of particular applicability

"applicable beneficiary" §H84FB8633C54E49848A7D23B3C17E7FED

an individual who, on the date of dispensing a covered part D drug— is enrolled in a prescription drug plan or an MA–PD plan

"joint resolution" §H94633F025DE8425D98DD1A603D63D399

only a joint resolution addressing a report classifying a rule as major pursuant to section 811(a)(1)(A)(iii) that— bears no preamble

"qualified class" §HAF9F9A0C7354433E980588C4C131FCB0

only the following: All employees

"nonmajor rule" §HB681BE2789AA403F9C9F068BED2E10A7

any rule of the Food and Drug Administration that is not a major rule. The term rule has the meaning given such term in section 551, except that such term does not include— any rule of particular applicability

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