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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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A N A C T | |
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - TAXATION RELIEF FROM PREMIUM-BASED | |
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TAXATION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES | |
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Introduced By: Senator Walter S. Felag | |
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Date Introduced: March 27, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Title 44 of the General Laws of the General Laws entitled “Taxation” is |
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hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
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CHAPTER 44-65.1 |
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METHODOLOGY TO FINANCE THE CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION ACCOUNT, THE |
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ADULT IMMUNIZATION ACCOUNT AND THE CHILD HEALTH ACCOUNT |
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44-65.1-1. Legislative findings. - (a) Current funding for the childhood immunization |
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account pursuant to subsection 23-1-4 (a), the adult immunization account pursuant to subsection |
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23-1-45(c), and the child health account pursuant to subsection 42-12-29(a) comes from |
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premium-based taxes on commercial health insurance; |
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(b) Self-funded and out-of-state employers do not pay into these accounts, yet their |
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employees benefit from the services listed above; and |
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(c) The increasing costs of these programs are being shouldered by a smaller tax base as |
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the number of commercially insured businesses in Rhode Island decreases. |
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44-65.1-2. Alternative methodology to finance the childhood immunization account, |
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the adult immunization account and the child health account. -- In accordance with |
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subsection 35-3-7, the governor shall submit to the general assembly a budget containing a |
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complete plan of estimated revenues and proposed expenditures for the next fiscal year. Included |
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in that budget for state fiscal year 2015 shall be a new, broad-based and sustainable methodology |
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to finance the programs and accounts pursuant to subsections 42-12-29(a), 23-1-45(a), and 23-1- |
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45(c). |
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SECTION 1. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - TAXATION RELIEF FROM PREMIUM-BASED | |
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TAXATION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES | |
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This act would require the governor to submit a budget in fiscal year 2015 that would |
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establish a broad based and sustainable methodology to finance the childhood immunization |
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account, the adult immunization account and the child health account. |
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The act would take effect upon passage. |
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