,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cdci  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #aa1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for       
himself and ,ms4 ,sinema7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on       
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the      
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf to    
permit high deductible health plans to  
divide the deductible between medical   
and drug costs for purposes of          
qualifying for health savings accounts1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,lower ,health ,insurance ,deductibles  
,act4  #b4 ,high deductible health plan 
deductible and catastrophic coverage    
flexibility for purposes of ,h,s,as  7a7
 ,in general ,paragraph 7#b7 of section 
#bbc7;c7 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code
 of #aihf is amended by adding at the   
end the following new subparagraph3     
7,e7 ,division of annual deductible ,a  
plan shall not fail to be treated as a  

high deductible health plan by reason of
 having separate annual deductibles for 
medicine or drugs and for other medical 
care if the sum of such deductibles1 if 
treated as #a annual deductible1 meets  
the requirements of subparagraph 7,a74  
4  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendment   
made by this section shall apply to     
taxable years beginning after the date  
of the enactment of this ,act4