HB27 Alabama 2016 1st Special Session Session

Signed by Governor

Bill Summary

Sponsors

Elaine Beech

Session

First Special Session 2016

Title

Medicaid, prescription drugs, supplemental tax of 15 cents per prescription by Act 2015-537, refunds as tax credit against original prescription drug taxes due, commencing October 1, 2016, Act 2015-537, 2015 Second Sp. Sess., repealed

Description

Under existing law, Act 2015-537 of the 2015 Second Special Session created a supplemental privilege tax of 15 cents on each prescription filled by a pharmaceutical service provider. The tax was collected effective September 1, 2015, subject to approval by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The CMS disapproved the act, but there is no provision for refunds.

This bill would provide for refunds of the taxes collected and would repeal the tax.

To provide for refunds of the supplemental privilege tax on pharmaceutical services created by Act 2015-537 of the 2015 Second Special Session; to repeal Act 2015-537; and to provide that the refunds would be paid from appropriated funds in fiscal year ending September 30, 2017.

Subjects

Medicaid

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
August 24, 2016	H	Ways and Means General Fund first Amendment Offered
August 24, 2016	H	Delivered to Governor at 10:47 a.m. on August 24, 2016.
August 24, 2016	H	Assigned Act No. 2016-452.
August 24, 2016	H	Clerk of the House Certification
August 24, 2016	S	Signature Requested
August 23, 2016	H	Enrolled
August 23, 2016	H	Passed Second House
August 23, 2016	S	Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 44
August 23, 2016	S	Third Reading Passed
August 19, 2016	S	Beasley motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
August 19, 2016	S	Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
August 18, 2016	S	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
August 17, 2016	H	Engrossed
August 17, 2016	S	Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Tourism and Marketing
August 17, 2016	H	Cosponsors Added
August 17, 2016	H	Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 21
August 17, 2016	H	Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 20
August 17, 2016	H	Ways and Means General Fund Amendment Offered
August 17, 2016	H	Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 19
August 17, 2016	H	Ways and Means General Fund first Substitute Offered
August 17, 2016	H	Third Reading Passed
August 16, 2016	H	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment
August 15, 2016	H	Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund

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