Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2025

Beth Van Duyne

Republican · TX · Representative

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• Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)Original· 2025-09-18
• Kevin Hern (R-OK-1)Original· 2025-09-18
• Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8)· 2025-10-03

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 11.

2026-05-20

Source: Congress.gov

Small business owners would get better information and resources to understand their health insurance options, including coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplace and other available plans. The bill aims to help business owners make informed decisions about providing health benefits to their employees by improving access to educational materials and guidance. This would primarily affect small companies with fewer employees that currently struggle to navigate complex health insurance choices.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5498 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 2025''. 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). <all>

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