2007 Senate Bill 5648 (Providing sales and use tax exemptions for prescribed durable medical equipment used in the home and prescribed mobility enhancing equipment.)

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• Introduced by Sen. Dan Swecker, (R-Rochester) on January 26, 2007, to exempt sales and use tax from applying toward certain prescribed durable medical equipment. Among others, the equipment includes components of prosthetic devices, Gaseous or liquid bottled oxygen, or mobility enhancing equipment. The bill requires the seller to collect the tax but the buyer may petition the State for reimbursement. See companion HB 1324.
  • Referred to the Senate Health & Long-Term Care Committee on January 26, 2007.
    • Substitute offered to the Senate Health & Long-Term Care Committee on February 21, 2007, to make technical corrections to include language already recognized by the Department of Revenue for durable medical equipment. Tax exemptions for nebulizers and their component parts are provided for in the form of a refund.
  • Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on February 21, 2007.

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Introduced by Sen. Dan Swecker, (R-Rochester) on January 26, 2007. New Comment