,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bi1 #bjah,mr4 
,roskam 7for himself and ,mr4 ,thompson 
of ,california7 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 provide high         
deductible health plans with first      
dollar coverage flexibility4  #a4 ,first
 dollar coverage flexibility for high   
deductible health plans  7a7 ,in general
 ,section #bbc7;c77#b7 of the ,internal 
,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     
subparagraph3  7,e7 ,first dollar       
coverage flexibility  7i7 ,in general   
,such plan shall not fail to be treated 
as a high deductible health plan by     
reason of failing to have a deductible  
for not more than #bej of specified     
services 7twice such amount in the case 
of family coverage7 during a plan year4 
7ii7 ,specified services ,for purposes  

of this subparagraph1 the term specified
 services means1 with respect to a plan1
 services other than preventive care    
7within the meaning of subparagraph     
7,c77 identified under the terms of the 
plan as being services to which clause  
7i7 applies4  4  7b7 ,inflation         
adjustment ,section #bbc7;g77#a7 of such
 ,code is amended-- 7#a7 by striking and
 7c77#b77;,a7 and inserting 1           
7c77#b77;,a71 and 7c77#b77;,e72 and     
7#b7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by striking  
clause 7ii7 and inserting clauses 7ii7  
and 7iii7 in clause 7i71 by striking and
 at the end of clause 7i71 by striking  
the period at the end of clause 7ii7 and
 inserting 1 and1 and by inserting after
 clause 7ii7 the following new clause3  
7iii7 in the case of the dollar amount  
in subsection 7c77#b77;,e71 calendar    
year #bjag4  4  7c7 ,effective date ,the
 amendments made by this subsection     
shall apply with respect to plan years  
beginning after ,december #ca1 #bjah4