Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on March 16, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 350
Sales tax; revise certain provisions regarding exemption for sales of durable medical equipment and home medical supplies.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-111, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR SALES OF DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND HOME MEDICAL SUPPLIES WHEN ORDERED OR PRESCRIBED BY A LICENSED PHYSICIAN FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES OF A PATIENT, THE TERMS "DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT" AND "HOME MEDICAL SUPPLIES" MEAN THE SAME TYPE EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR THE EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES WHICH ARE LISTED UNDER TITLE XVIII OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OR UNDER THE STATE PLAN FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER TITLE XIX OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, PROSTHETICS, ORTHOTICS, HEARING AIDS, HEARING DEVICES, PRESCRIPTION EYE-GLASSES, OXYGEN AND OXYGEN EQUIPMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT FOR PURPOSES OF THE EXEMPTION, PAYMENT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE MADE, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY ANY PARTICULAR PERSON; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 8 to March 16, 2016, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Mar 16 · stopped37 days
Ways and MeansFeb 8 to Mar 16 · stopped37 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 8 – Mar 16
- Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
- Mar 16Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 8Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
- Mar 16Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives