Bill Text: MA S1374 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempt certain medical supplies from the state sales tax

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 5/6 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room B2 [S1374 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1374-Introduced.html

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Richard R. Tisei

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
                Court assembled:

                The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to exempting certain medical supplies from the state sales tax.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:	District/Address:
Richard R. Tisei	Middlesex and Essex
Bruce E. Tarr	First Essex and Middlesex
Michael R. Knapik	Second Hampden and Hampshire
Robert L. Hedlund	Plymouth and Norfolk
Scott P. Brown	Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01826 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act relative to exempting certain medical supplies from the state sales tax.

                Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 6 of chapter 64H of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended, in clause (l), by inserting after the word "insulin;" in line 171, the following words:- sales of blood test strips and lancets; sales of vitamin and mineral supplements when prescribed by a licensed physician;