Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2017

Summary

Restoring Access to Medication Act of 201 7 This bill repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that limit payments for medications from health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, and health flexible spending arrangements to only prescription drugs or insulin (thus allowing distributions from such accounts for over-the-counter drugs).

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Timeline

1. 10 January 2017

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 10 January 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 10 January 2017 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 10 January 2017

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 10 January 2017

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 10 January 2017

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Sponsors

• Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
• Angus King · I · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019
• related to → Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2017