119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Feb 20, 2025
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat membership in a health care sharing ministry as a medical expense, and for other purposes.
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Feb 20, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Taxation
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Feb 20, 2025)
This bill provides that amounts paid for membership in a health care sharing ministry, including amounts paid for the sharing of medical expenses and administrative fees, are a tax-deductible medical expense. (Health care sharing ministries are faith-based organizations with members who share a common set of ethical or religious beliefs and who contribute regular payments to cover the medical expenses of other members.)
No cosponsors.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
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SOLIDARITY HEALTHSHARE · lobbying firm or registrant: FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 17, 2026 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Amount not reported
S. 653/H.R. 2062: The Health Care Sharing Ministry Tax Parity Act; IRS issues pertaining to sharing ministries; Possible reconciliation 2.0 and other possible legisla…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
SOLIDARITY HEALTHSHARE · lobbying firm or registrant: FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 19, 2026 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S. 653/H.R. 2062: The Health Care Sharing Ministry Tax Parity Act; IRS issues pertaining to sharing ministries; Possible reconciliation 2.0 and other possible legisla…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SOLIDARITY HEALTHSHARE · lobbying firm or registrant: FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · amended · posted Oct 17, 2025 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S. 653/H.R. 2062: The Health Care Sharing Ministry Tax Parity Act; H.R. 1/OBBB budget reconciliation and possible reconciliation 2.0 opportunities; IRS issues pertain…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SOLIDARITY HEALTHSHARE · lobbying firm or registrant: FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 17, 2025 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S. 653/H.R. 2062: The Health Care Sharing Ministry Tax Parity Act; H.R. 1/OBBB budget reconciliation
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SOLIDARITY HEALTHSHARE · lobbying firm or registrant: FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 9, 2025 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S. 653/H.R. 2062: The Health Care Sharing Ministry Tax Parity Act; budget reconciliation
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing