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Bill would extend sales-tax exemption to private health plans for certain medical goods
Summary
Senate File 268, as amended, would exempt certain non-durable and prescribed durable medical goods billed through private health plans from Minnesota sales tax; industry witnesses said the change would reduce audit burdens and unintended tax liability for providers.
Senate File 268, introduced by Senator Nelson, would extend Minnesota’s sales-tax exemption for certain medical goods — currently applied to government‑paid public programs such as Medicare and Medicaid — to transactions billed through private health plans that do not otherwise pay sales tax.
Senator Nelson said the bill “would allow our private health plans to receive the same treatment that our Medicare, Medicaid, MA, government plans receive when it comes to taxation on…
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