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Bill 3163

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3163
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990112
Primary Sponsor:                  J. Brown
All Sponsors:                     J. Brown
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\kgh\15162htc99.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Medical, Military, Public and Municipal 
                                  Affairs Committee 27 H3M
Subject:                          Sales tax exemption, prescription 
                                  orthotic devices and replacement parts; 
                                  Taxation, Medical


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990112  Introduced, read first time,           27 H3M
                  referred to Committee
House   19990106  Prefiled, referred to Committee        27 H3M


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 12-36-2120, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO EXEMPT PRESCRIPTION ORTHOTIC DEVICES AND REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR PRESCRIPTION PROSTHETIC AND ORTHOTIC DEVICES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 12-36-2120(28) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 70A, Part II, Act 419 of 1998, is further amended to read:

"(28)(a) medicine and prosthetic devices sold by prescription, prescription medicines and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals used in the treatment of cancer, lymphoma, leukemia, or related diseases, including prescription medicines used to relieve the effects of any such treatment, and free samples of prescription medicine distributed by its manufacturer and any use of these free samples;

(b) hypodermic needles, insulin, alcohol swabs, blood sugar testing strips, monolet lancets, dextrometer supplies, blood glucose meters, and other similar diabetic supplies sold to diabetics under the authorization and direction of a physician;

(c) medicine donated by its manufacturer to a public institution of higher education for research or for the treatment of indigent patients; and

(d) dental prosthetic devices; and

(e) prosthetic and orthotic devices sold by prescription and replacement parts for such devices;"

SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 1999.

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