,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cedf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ai1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,cruz 7for himself and ,mr4   
,sasse7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
waive high deductible health plan       
requirements for health savings         
accounts4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,pandemic           
,healthcare ,access ,act4  #b4 ,access  
to health savings accounts  7a7 ,in     
general ,for purposes of section #bbc of
 the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf1 
notwithstanding subsection 7c77#a7      
thereof1 during the coronavirus         
emergency period1 any individual who is 
covered by any health plan1 including a 
health plan which is not a high         
deductible health plan1 shall be treated
 as an eligible individual4  7b7        
,contribution deadline ,an individual   
who is treated as an eligible individual
 for purposes of section #bbc of the    

,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf solely
 by reason of subsection 7a7 may make   
contributions to the health savings     
account 7as defined in section #bbc7;d7 
of such ,code7 of such individual up to 
the due date for the return of ,federal 
income tax for the taxable year which   
includes the last day of the coronavirus
 emergency period4  7c7 ,coronavirus    
emergency period ,for purposes of this  
section1 the coronavirus emergency      
period is the period beginning on ,march
 #ac1 #bjbj1 and ending on the later    
of-- 7#a7 the last day on which the     
declaration of emergency involving      
,federal primary responsibility         
determined to exist by the ,president   
under section #eja7;b7 of the ,robert   
,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and     
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eaia7;b77 with respect to the
 ,coronavirus ,disease #bjai            
7,,covid-#ai7 is in effect2 or  7#b7 the
 last day on which the declaration of   
national emergency declared by the      

,president under the ,national          
,emergencies ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #afja  
et seq47 with respect to the            
,coronavirus ,disease #bjai             
7,,covid-#ai7 is in effect4