HR8314-119

In Committee

OPTIONS Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 15, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, OPTIONS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Education, 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 H8FA1FF7790D54CB7B2D943F34EDC5638: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Optimizing Participant Tax Incentives through Optional Noncash Selections Act or the OPTIONS Act.
  • Section H9F4659E688CC4B0AAF383A964DE50611: 2. Exclusion of certain employer-provided benefits under a qualified benefit options plan Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of...
  • Section H4D89E5B9350343F9A4DB5F519131B574: 125A. Qualified benefit options plans Except as provided in subsection (c), no amount shall be included in the gross income of a participant in a qualified...

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, OPTIONS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Education, Labor

Primary Purpose

This bill, OPTIONS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Education Labor

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 15, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Apr 15, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 15, 2026

Mr. Steube (for himself and Ms. DelBene) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Education Labor
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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