Senate Bill No. 65

(By Senator Barnes)

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[Introduced January 13, 2010 ; referred to the Committee on Finance.]

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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 is 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 propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code 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.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.