,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfgc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #e1        
#bjac,mr4 ,schock 7for himself and ,mr4 
,kind7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,ways and ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend  
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf to
 treat amounts paid for umbilical cord  
blood banking services as medical care  
expenses4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,family ,cord ,blood
 ,banking ,act4  #b4 ,amounts paid for  
umbilical cord blood banking services   
treated as medical care expenses  7a7   
,in general ,paragraph 7#a7 of section  
#bac7;d7 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code
 of #aihf 7defining medical care7 is    
amended by striking or at the end of    
subparagraph 7,c71 by striking the      
period at the end of subparagraph 7,d7  
and inserting 1 or1 and by inserting    
after subparagraph 7,d7 the following   
new subparagraph3  7,e7 for private     
umbilical cord blood banking services   

provided by any accredited umbilical    
cord blood bank which is in compliance  
with the regulations under section #cfa 
of the ,public ,health ,service ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bfd74  4  7b7 ,effective
 date ,the amendments made by this      
section shall apply to taxable years    
beginning after ,december #ca1 #bjac4