U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB5498: Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2026
Status: In committee, July 2, 2026
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.
What the bill says
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.
From the committee substitute text, June 29, 2026:
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. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2026 . SECTION 2. Outreach to small business concerns on individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (a) Dissemination The 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) Publication The 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) Definitions In 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 arrangement The 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) …
Sponsors
- Elizabeth Van Duyne (R, HD-TX-24) · primary sponsor
- Claudia Tenney (R, HD-024)
- Kevin Hern (R, HD-OK-1)
- Robert Bresnahan (R, HD-PA-8)
Latest actions
- : Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Small Business, H. Rept. 119-716, Part II.
- : Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-716.
- : Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 622.
- : Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 11.
- : Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- : Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Commerce, Health care coverage and access, Small business, Health care costs and insurance
Common questions
- What is HB5498?
- HB5498 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2026.
- What does HB5498 do?
- In its own words: 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.
- What is the status of HB5498?
- In committee as of July 2, 2026. Latest action: Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Small Business, H. Rept. 119-716, Part II. (July 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB5498?
- Elizabeth Van Duyne (R, HD-TX-24), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB5498?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5498
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