Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 6167
HEALTH Act of 2025
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Introduced 2025-11-20Topic: health care · taxesSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would let physicians take a federal income tax deduction for free care they give to people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The deduction would equal what Medicare's physician fee schedule would pay for that care, and taxpayers who do not itemize could also claim it. The deduction would not cover certain services barred from federal funding under a 2024 spending law, or sex reassignment surgeries and hormone treatments for gender alteration. The bill would also shield physicians and attending medical staff from civil lawsuits over harm caused while giving this free care, unless the conduct was intentional, knowing, reckless, or grossly negligent. The tax change would apply to care given after December 31, 2025.
Sponsors
- Daniel Webster Republican sponsor
- 11 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-20 | House | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-11-20 | House | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-11-20 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-11-20 | Introduced in House | introduce |