H.R. 4464

119 HR 4464 IH: Preventive Health Savings Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-07-16
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4464  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   July 16, 2025   Mr. Obernolte  (for himself,  Ms. DeGette ,  Mr. Peters , and  Mr. Carter of Georgia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Budget    A BILL
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Preventive Health Savings Act  .
2.
Scoring of preventive health savings
Section 202 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 602 ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(h)
Scoring of preventive health savings
(1)
Determination by the director
Upon a request by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate and chairman and ranking minority member of the committee of primary jurisdiction of the Senate or by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the chairman and ranking minority member of the committee of primary jurisdiction of the House of Representatives, the Director shall determine if proposed legislation would result in net reductions in budget outlays in budgetary outyears through the use of preventive health care.
(2)
Projections
If the Director determines that proposed legislation would result in net reductions in budget outlays as described in paragraph (1), the Director—
(A)
shall include, in any projection prepared by the Director on such proposed legislation, a description and estimate of the reductions in budget outlays in the budgetary outyears and a description of the basis for such conclusions; and
(B)
may prepare a budget projection that includes some or all of the budgetary outyears, notwithstanding the time periods for projections described in subsection (e) and sections 308, 402, and 424.
(3)
Limitation
Any estimate provided by the Director pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be used as a supplementary estimate and may not be used to determine compliance with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 or any other budgetary enforcement controls.
(4)
Definitions
As used in this subsection—
(A)
the term  budgetary outyears  means the 2 consecutive 10-year periods beginning with the first fiscal year that is 10 years after the current fiscal year; and
(B)
the term  preventive health care  means an action that focuses on the health of the public, individuals, and defined populations in order to protect, promote, and maintain health and wellness and prevent disease, disability, and premature death, including through the promotion and use of effective, innovative health care interventions that are demonstrated by credible and publicly available evidence from epidemiological projection models, clinical trials, observational studies in humans, longitudinal studies, and meta-analysis.
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