Credit: Shutterstock
Rep. David Schweikert has brought back the Wearable Equipment Adoption and Reinforcement and Investment in Technology Act bill, or WEAR IT Act bill.
The bill would let workers spend up to $375 per year from health savings accounts, health flexible spending arrangements or health reimbursement arrangements on wearable health care devices.
The bill would define a "wearable device" to include an item "worn on the body" or software "used primarily in connection with a device that is worn on the body," if the device or software was used to collect or analyze "physiological data for the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of a disease, impairment, or health condition."
A device or software would also qualify if it was used to help with the "rendering of a diagnosis or providing a treatment, mitigation, or cure for any disease, impairment, or health condition."
Related: Remote patient monitoring: Is it for every employee?
Schweikert, an Arizona Republican, introduced the bill together with Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif.
Rep. Michelle Steel, R-Calif., introduced a similar bill in the previous Congress, in 2023. Schweikert and Bera were co-sponsors of that bill. The 2023 bill died in committee.
The new bill could benefit from increased congressional interest in health account legislation.
The original House version of the new One Big Beautiful Bill Act bill contained 14 HSA, HRA and FSA provisions, and the version that was signed into law contained three HSA provisions.
Schweiker has also introduced a bill that would let artificial intelligence systems prescribe drugs.
© Arc, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to TMSalesOperations@arc-network.com. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.