H. B. 2177


(By Delegates Carmichael, Armstead, Long, Tansill, Walters and Schoen)

[Introduced January 9, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]




A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-27-38, relating to providing a tax credit to medical providers in an amount equal to their investment in electronic medical records technology.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-27-38, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 27. HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TAXES.

§11-27-38. Tax credit for investment in electronic medical record technology.

(a) There is allowed as a tax credit against the tax imposed by this article, an amount equal to a medical provider's investment in electronic medical record technology.
(b) The Tax Commissioner shall prescribe regulations as necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.


NOTE:
The purpose of this bill is to provide a tax credit to medical providers in an amount equal to their investment in electronic medical record technology.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.