Exempting from the individual income tax the value of medical care provided by a medical care provider to a patient in this state and including applicability provisions

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2020
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 11, 2020
3. ✕
   Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill permits a medical care provider to exempt from the individual income tax the value of medical care donated to a patient in this state. The bill defines “medical care” and “medical care provider”. The bill defines “value of medical care” to mean the product of the average hourly wage of a medical care provider based upon a compensation survey by the American medical association or an equivalent organization for the geographic area where the medical care occurred, multiplied by the number of hours of medical care donated in a year. The bill applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021.

Full bill text¹

House subcommittee

Named February 11, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Rep. Dustin D. Hite R
• Rep. Jeff Kurtz D
• Rep. Joe Mitchell R

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