Kris's solution is an elegant solution. @KrisD15
Normally, you would report the $1,495 as a Mistaken Distribution, which would allow you to put the money back in the HSA without being considered a contribution. But this is now impossible since the original HSA is closed.
So you want to be able to get the money into a new HSA without getting another deduction for the same dollars (because that would be double-dipping). So you declare the $1,495 as income, then reduce your income when you contribute the $1,495 into your new HSA.
The net result is that you do not double-dip, yet the money is now in your new HSA.
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