STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1450-18
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2018
RE: S.B. No. 222
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2018
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health & Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 222, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Exempting the sales of mobility enhancement equipment, durable medical equipment, prescription drugs sold pursuant to a doctor's prescription, diabetic supplies, prosthetic devices, medical oxygen, and human blood and its derivatives from the general excise tax; and
(2) Expanding the definition of "prosthetic devices" to include devices that are worn on the body.
The Disability and Communication Access Board, Hawaii Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and an individual supported this measure. The Department of Taxation and Tax Foundation of Hawaii offered comments on this measure.
If this measure progresses through the legislative process, your Committee respectfully requests that the Department of Taxation estimate the effect the exemption would have on tax revenue.
Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 3000, to promote further discussion.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 222, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 222, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Human Services,
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____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair |
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