H. B. 3039


(By Delegates Carmichael, Armstead, Long,
Tansill, Wakim, Walters, Howard, Schoen and Blair)
[Introduced March 15, 2005; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]



A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-27-38, relating to providing a tax credit to medical providers in an amount equal to their investment in electronic medical records technology.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-27-38, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 27. HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TAXES.

§11-27-38. Tax credit for investment in electronic medical record technology.

(a) There shall be allowed as a tax credit against the tax imposed by this article, an amount equal to a medical provider's investment in electronic medical record technology.
(b) The Tax Commissioner shall prescribe such regulations as necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.



NOTE:
The purpose of this bill is to provide a tax credit to medical providers in an amount equal to their investment in electronic medical record technology.

§11-27-38 is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.