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Committee backs exempting prescription eyewear from sales tax, citing access concerns
Summary
The committee unanimously recommended HB 99, which would classify prescription eyeglasses and contact lenses as prosthetic devices and exempt them from sales and use tax; witnesses said the change would remove a health‑care cost burden for families, seniors and people needing specialty lenses.
Representative Malloy and witnesses argued HB 99 would align tax policy with medical necessity by classifying prescription eyewear as prosthetic devices exempt from sales tax. "Taxing it treats a medical necessity like a discretionary purchase," Representative Malloy said, asking the committee to remove the…
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