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Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]","AZ","R","B001302","2025-11-20T17:45:31Z",[],"House",119,false,"Freedom for Families Act","2026-05-10T15:53:40.098Z",[],1,0,3,"hr",[],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.congress.gov\u002Fbill\u002F119th-congress\u002Fhouse-bill\u002F74","\u003Cpre>\n[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 1 (Friday, January 3, 2025)]\n[House]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gpo.gov\">www.gpo.gov\u003C\u002Fa>]\nBy Mr. BIGGS of Arizona:\nH.R. 74.\nCongress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant\nto the following:\nArtcile 1, Section 8\nThe single subject of this legislation is:\nTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for\ntax-advantaged distributions from health savings accounts\nduring family or medical leave.\n[Page H38]\n\u003C\u002Fpre>","Taxation",{"date":6,"text":32},"Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.",74,"in_committee","To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for tax-advantaged distributions from health savings accounts during family or medical leave, and for other purposes.",2,[38,39,40,41],"Bank accounts, deposits, capital","Health care costs and insurance","Income tax deductions","Income tax exclusion","2026-05-22T13:46:07.160Z","taxation",[45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,162,163,164,165,166,167,168],"freedom","fr","fre","free","freed","freedo","for","families","fa","fam","fami","famil","famili","familie","act","to","amend","am","ame","amen","the","internal","in","int","inte","inter","intern","interna","revenue","re","rev","reve","reven","revenu","code","co","cod","of","1986","19","198","allow","al","all","allo","tax","advantaged","ad","adv","adva","advan","advant","advanta","advantag","advantage","distributions","di","dis","dist","distr","distri","distrib","distribu","distribut","distributi","distributio","distribution","from","fro","health","he","hea","heal","healt","savings","sa","sav","savi","savin","saving","accounts","ac","acc","acco","accou","accoun","account","during","du","dur","duri","durin","family","or","medical","me","med","medi","medic","medica","leave","le","lea","leav","and","other","ot","oth","othe","purposes","pu","pur","purp","purpo","purpos","purpose","rep","biggs","bi","big","bigg","andy","an","az",[],true,[172],{"versionCode":173,"actionDate":6,"actionDesc":174,"text":175,"updateDate":176},"00","Introduced in House","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Freedom for Families Act\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This bill allows individuals to establish and contribute to a health savings account (HSA) without being enrolled in a high-deductible health plan (HDHP), increases HSA contribution limits, and allows tax-free distributions from an HSA during a period of qualified caregiving.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Under current law, individuals may establish and contribute to an HSA if they are covered under an HSA-eligible HDHP. For 2025, HSA contributions are limited to $4,300 for self-only coverage or $8,550 for family coverage (adjusted annually). Individuals who are at least 55 years old may make an additional HSA contribution of up to $1,000 per year. Further, under current law, HSA distributions are tax-free if used to pay for qualified medical expenses. \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The bill eliminates the HDHP coverage requirement for purposes of an HSA.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The bill also increases the HSA annual contribution limit to $9,000 for individuals or $18,000 for joint filers (adjusted annually) and eliminates the additional contribution for individuals who are at least 55 years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Finally, the bill excludes HSA distributions during a period of qualified caregiving from gross income. 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