[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5498 Reported in House (RH)]

<DOC>





                                                 Union Calendar No. 622
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5498

                          [Report No. 119-716]

 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
 provide information to small business concerns on individual coverage 
       health reimbursement arrangements, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2025

   Ms. Van Duyne (for herself, Ms. Tenney, and Mr. Hern of Oklahoma) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Small Business

                             June 29, 2026

                   Additional sponsor: Mr. Bresnahan

                             June 29, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                          September 18, 2025]


_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
 provide information to small business concerns on individual coverage 
       health reimbursement arrangements, and for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Health Options 
Awareness Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. OUTREACH TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS ON INDIVIDUAL COVERAGE 
              HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ARRANGEMENTS.

    (a) Dissemination.--The Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration shall disseminate information developed by appropriate 
Federal agencies on individual coverage health reimbursement 
arrangements to small business concerns through--
            (1) small business development centers; and
            (2) district offices of the Administration.
    (b) Publication.--The Administrator shall include the information 
described in subsection (a) in outreach and communications of the Small 
Business Administration, including social media, press releases, and 
publication on a website of the Administration.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate federal agency.--The term ``appropriate 
        Federal agency'' means a Federal agency, as determined by the 
        Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and 
        includes the Department of the Treasury, the Department of 
        Health and Human Services, and the Department of Labor.
            (2) Individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement.--
        The term ``individual coverage health reimbursement 
        arrangement'' has the meaning given by the rule entitled 
        ``Health Reimbursement Arrangements and Other Account-Based 
        Group Health Plans'' (84 Fed. Reg. 28888; June 20, 2019).
            (3) Small business act definitions.--The terms ``small 
        business concern'' and ``small business development center'' 
        have the meanings given, respectively, under section 3 of the 
        Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
                                                 Union Calendar No. 622

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5498

                          [Report No. 119-716]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
 provide information to small business concerns on individual coverage 
       health reimbursement arrangements, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 29, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed