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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota House Bill 290 exempts additional health care materials and private health plan purchases from sales and use tax
Last action · March 11, 2025: Author added SmithSponsors: Anderson, P. E. and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Minnesota House Bill 290 exempts physician-prescribed and items purchased under private health plans from state es starting July 1, 2025.
Lowers the cost of medical supplies and health plan purchases for consumers and health plan participants by removing state sales tax from newly exempted items.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Public and private health plan participants
Purchases made under private health plans and specific prescribed health care materials are newly exempted from sales and use tax.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
2 actions- Mar 11, 2025HouseAuthor added Smith
- Feb 10, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to Taxes
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
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