119th Congress (2025-2026)

HR 5498

Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2026

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119th Congress (2025-2026)

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119th Congress (2025-2026)

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2025-09-18House

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

2025-09-18

Introduced in House

2025-09-18

Introduced in House

2026-05-20House

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 11.

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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session

H. R. 5498

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.

1.Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2025

2.Outreach to small business concerns on individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements

(a)DisseminationThe 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)PublicationThe 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)DefinitionsIn 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 arrangementThe 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 definitionsThe 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).

HR 5498

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