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Committee rejects healthcare preceptor tax credit and tables the bill
Summary
House Bill 163, proposing a nonrefundable income tax credit for uncompensated health-care preceptors, failed a roll-call in committee (9-12) after members questioned whether a tax credit would address the scale of the workforce problem; members moved to table the bill.
House Bill 163, sponsored by Rep. Kaye Walsh, would create a health-care preceptor income tax credit for preceptors who do not receive compensation for assisting eligible students in health training programs. Committee members described the hearing as educational but questioned whether a tax credit would meaningfully address preceptor shortages.
Representative Marler called the hearing educational but said he would be a "reluctant no," arguing that the scale of the problem would be better addressed by direct state funding of educational programs rather than tax credits, which may not help people who do not itemize.
The committee held a roll-call vote; the clerk reported 9 ayes and 12 nays and House Bill 163 did not pass. A subsequent motion to table the bill carried on voice vote with proxies recorded and House Bill 163 was tabled by the committee.
House Bill 163: sponsor Kaye Walsh; subject — health-care preceptor income tax credit (nonrefundable). Outcome: did not pass committee on roll-call (9-12) and was tabled.
