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Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 1, 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Tax-Related Provisions Title II: Federal Standards for Private Long-Term Care Insurance Contracts Long-Term Care Insurance Incentives and Consumer Protection Act of 1996 - Title I: Tax-Related Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to, as a general rule, treat: (1) a qualified long-term care insurance contract as an accident and health insurance contract; (2) amounts received under a qualified long-term care insurance contract as amounts received for personal injuries and sickness; (3) any plan of an employer providing coverage under a qualified long-term care insurance contract as an accident and health plan; (4) amounts paid for a qualified long-term care insurance contract providing specified benefits as payments made for insurance for purposes of the medical expense deduction; and (5) a qualified long-term care insurance contract as a guaranteed renewable contract. Defines a qualified long-term care insurance contract. Title II: Federal Standards for Private Long-Term Care Insurance Contracts - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new Title XXI, Federal Standards for Private Long-Term Care Insurance Contracts. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, under such title, to review, approve, and periodically reapprove State programs that certify long-term care insurance as meeting standards established under the new title.
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Rep. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL-20] · D–IL
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E683-684)
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