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Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2026
H. R. 5498 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.
Summary
- Requires the Small Business Administration Administrator to disseminate information on individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs) to small business concerns.
- Directs the SBA to distribute ICHRA information through small business development centers and the SBA's district offices.
- Requires the SBA to include ICHRA information in its outreach communications, including social media, press releases, and website publications.
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Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Beth Van Duyne’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $51,100
- INSPERITY $14,800
- AMERICAN AIRLINES $14,473
- BANK OF THE WEST $14,200
- CHARTER BROKERAGE LLC $13,862
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Beth Van Duyne → · Outside spending →
Actions (7)
- Jul 2, 2026 Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Small Business, H. Rept. 119-716, Part II. · house
- Jun 29, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 622. · house
- Jun 29, 2026 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-716. · house
- May 20, 2026 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 11. · house
- May 20, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Sep 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. · house
- Sep 18, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 18, 2025
Ms. Van Duyne (for herself, Ms. Tenney, and Mr. Hern of Oklahoma) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business
June 29, 2026
Additional sponsor: Mr. Bresnahan
June 29, 2026
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 18, 2025]
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2026”.
SEC. 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) Small business act definitions.—The terms “small business concern” and “small business development center” have the meanings given, respectively, under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). Union Calendar No. 622
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5498
[Report No. 119-716]
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.
June 29, 2026
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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