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Senate advances sales-tax exemption for home medical equipment despite fiscal concerns
Summary
Senate placed House Bill 29 on the third‑reading calendar after a floor debate where sponsors framed it as health reform to help disabled residents remain at home and fiscal conservatives warned of a roughly $320,000 revenue impact in early years; supporters said the bill targets high‑cost items like motorized wheelchairs.
The Utah Senate debated House Bill 29 on Feb. 24, a revenue and taxation measure to exempt home medical equipment from sales tax with the stated goal of helping people with disabilities remain at home.
Senator Shepherd, the bill sponsor on the floor, described HB 29 as a health‑reform measure that would create a tax credit for home medical equipment and supplies "such as beds, hospital beds, wheelchairs, and equipment like that for people who are…
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