Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act in plain language
1: Short title
This section would let the Act be officially called the "Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act .
2: Services and items for chronic conditions treated as preventive care
This section would give IRS Notice 2019-45 the same legal force as if Congress had written it directly into law. That notice identified additional preventive care services and items for chronic conditions that can be treated as preventive care under section 223(c)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the provision that sets the rules for high deductible health plans connected to health savings accounts (HSAs). By codifying the notice, this section would let a high deductible health plan cover those listed chronic-condition services and items before a patient meets the plan's deductible, without the plan losing its status as a high deductible health plan or its ability to be paired with an HSA. The section also states that, except where it would conflict with this codification, nothing in it implies anything about other rules or guidance the Secretary has given or may give about what counts as preventive care under that same Code section.
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2. Services and items for chronic conditions treated as preventive care (a) In general The additional preventive care services and items for chronic conditions that may be treated as preventive care for purposes of section 223(c)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as set forth in IRS Notice 2019–45 shall have the same force and effect as if included in the enactment of this Act. (b) No inference To the extent not inconsistent with this section, no inference shall be made from subsection (a) with respect to such other rules or guidance as the Secretary has provided, or may provide, with respect to preventive services for purposes of section 223(c)(2)(C) of such Code.