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H.R. 1270, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015 1 (September 22, 2015)

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COST ESTIMATE

September 22, 2015

H.R. 1270
Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways andMeans on September 17, 2015
SUMMARY
H.R. 1270 would amend the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the provisions that disqualify
expenses for over-the-counter medicine under health savings accounts (HSAs), Archer
medical savings accounts (Archer MSAs), health flexible spending arrangements (FSAs),
and health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs). The staff of the Joint Committee on
Taxation (JCT) estimates that enacting H.R. 1270 would reduce revenues by about $6.6
billion over the 2016-2025 period. Of that reduction, about $1.2 billion would result from
changes in off-budget revenues (from Social Security payroll taxes, which are categorized
as off-budget). Pay-as-you-go procedures apply because enacting the legislation would
affect on-budget revenues.
JCT has determined that the bill contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates
as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA).
ESTIMATED COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
The estimated budgetary impact of H.R. 1270 is shown in the following table.
By Fiscal Year, in Millions of Dollars
2016-  2016-
2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  2022  2023 2024 2025  2020  2025
CHANGES IN REVENUES
Estimated Revenues  -305  -527  -561  -600  -645  -695  -744  -796 -852 -909 -2,638  -6,634
On-budget      -223  -407  -461  -490  -530  -580  -619  -661 -712 -769 -2,111 -5,452
Off-budget      -82  -120  -100  -110  -115  -115  -125  -135  -140  -140  -527  -1,182
Source: Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation.

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