To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat membership in a health care sharing ministry as a medical expense, and for other purposes.
This bill would allow individuals to deduct membership costs in health care sharing ministries as medical expenses on their federal income taxes, starting in 2025. It directly affects members of these ministries - organizations that share medical costs among members but are not traditional insurance. The bill amends tax law to explicitly include ministry membership fees and shared medical expenses in deductible medical costs, while clarifying these ministries are not treated as health insurance. This change provides a tax benefit for members without altering how the ministries operate.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 18, 2024
Last action Dec 17, 2024
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Committee
2
Dec 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jun 18, 2024
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
Jun 18, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Kelly
RRepublican
Co
Gregory F. Murphy
RRepublican
Co
W. Gregory Steube
RRepublican
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