ICHRA Permanency Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill gives the June 20, 2019 final rule on individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements and other account-based group health plans the full force and effect of law. In practical terms, Congress would lock in the rule that lets employers offer account-based arrangements tied to individual health insurance coverage rather than relying only on traditional group plans.
Who Benefits and How
Employers that use individual coverage HRAs gain more legal certainty because the rule would no longer rest only on agency regulation. Workers who prefer or need individual-market coverage benefit from a more durable pathway for employer-funded reimbursement, and health insurers in the individual market gain a steadier channel for employer-sponsored premium dollars.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Department of the Treasury, Department of Labor, and Department of Health and Human Services would have less flexibility to revise the 2019 arrangement by regulation alone. Employers and plan administrators still carry the compliance burden of following the HRA notice, integration, and account-based plan rules that the bill makes statutory.
Key Provisions
- Provides statutory force to the 2019 Treasury, Labor, and HHS final rule for individual coverage HRAs.
- Protects employers using account-based group health plans from a future agency reversal of the current rule.
- Requires federal health and labor agencies to administer the HRA framework as a law-backed standard rather than a discretionary regulation.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Codify the 2019 individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement rule so the Treasury, Labor, and HHS framework for account-based group health plans has statutory force.
Key Policy Areas
Health, Labor, Tax
Primary Purpose
Codify the 2019 individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement rule so the Treasury, Labor, and HHS framework for account-based group health plans has statutory force.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Employers offering individual coverage HRAs
- Workers using employer-funded individual health coverage
- Individual market health insurers
Identified Costs
- Department of the Treasury
- Department of Labor
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Employer plan administrators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Bean of Florida introduced the following bill; which was …
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …
Introduced in House
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "Private actors"
- → ['Employers', 'Workers', 'Health insurers']
- "Federal agencies"
- → ['Department of the Treasury', 'Department of Labor', 'Department of Health and Human Services']
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
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