CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1219

 

 

                   Chapter 154, Laws of 1997

 

 

 

 

                        55th Legislature

                      1997 Regular Session

 

 

TAX EXEMPTION FOR PREPAYMENTS FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER MEDICARE--EXTENSION

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/1/97

Passed by the House March 14, 1997

  Yeas 95   Nays 1

 

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

 

Passed by the Senate April 10, 1997

  Yeas 47   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1219  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

          TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

Approved April 23, 1997 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.   

                                FILED          

 

 

           April 23, 1997 - 4:09 p.m.

 

 

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1219

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             Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Pennington, Appelwick, B. Thomas, H. Sommers, Mulliken, Carrell, Morris, Mielke, Backlund, O'Brien, Zellinsky, Thompson, Kastama and Mason)

 

Read first time 03/10/97.

 Extending a tax exemption for prepayments for health care services provided under Title XVIII (medicare) of the social security act.  


    AN ACT Relating to a tax exemption for prepayments for health care services provided under Title XVIII (medicare) of the federal social security act; amending RCW 48.14.0201; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 48.14.0201 and 1993 sp.s. c 25 s 601 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) As used in this section, "taxpayer" means a health maintenance organization, as defined in RCW 48.46.020, or a health care service contractor, as defined in RCW 48.44.010((, or a certified health plan certified under RCW 48.43.030)).

    (2) Each taxpayer shall pay a tax on or before the first day of March of each year to the state treasurer through the insurance commissioner's office.  The tax shall be equal to the total amount of all premiums and prepayments for health care services received by the taxpayer during the preceding calendar year multiplied by the rate of two percent.

    (3) Taxpayers shall prepay their tax obligations under this section.  The minimum amount of the prepayments shall be percentages of the taxpayer's tax obligation for the preceding calendar year recomputed using the rate in effect for the current year.  For the prepayment of taxes due during the first calendar year, the minimum amount of the prepayments shall be percentages of the taxpayer's tax obligation that would have been due had the tax been in effect during the previous calendar year.  The tax prepayments shall be paid to the state treasurer through the commissioner's office by the due dates and in the following amounts:

    (a) On or before June 15, forty-five percent;

    (b) On or before September 15, twenty-five percent;

    (c) On or before December 15, twenty-five percent.

    (4) For good cause demonstrated in writing, the commissioner may approve an amount smaller than the preceding calendar year's tax obligation as recomputed for calculating the health maintenance organization's, health care service contractor's, or certified health plan's prepayment obligations for the current tax year.

    (5) Moneys collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund through March 31, 1996, and in the health services account under RCW 43.72.900 after March 31, 1996.

    (6) The taxes imposed in this section do not apply to:

    (a) Amounts received by any taxpayer from the United States or any instrumentality thereof as prepayments for health care services provided under Title XVIII (medicare) of the federal social security act.  ((This exemption shall expire July 1, 1997.))

    (b) Amounts received by any health care service contractor, as defined in RCW 48.44.010, as prepayments for health care services included within the definition of practice of dentistry under RCW 18.32.020.  ((This exemption does not apply to amounts received under a certified health plan certified under RCW 48.43.030.))

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 1997.


    Passed the House March 14, 1997.

    Passed the Senate April 10, 1997.

Approved by the Governor April 23, 1997.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 23, 1997.