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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO TAXATION - IMAGING SERVICES SURCHARGE

     

     

     Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, and Naughton

     Date Introduced: February 02, 2012

     Referred To: House Finance

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 44-65-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 44-65 entitled "Imaging

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Services Surcharge" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     44-65-3. Imposition of surcharge. -- A surcharge shall be imposed upon the net patient

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revenue received by every provider in each month at a rate of two percent (2.0%), exclusive of

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net patient revenue received from the delivery of mammography services. Every provider shall

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pay the monthly surcharge no later than the twenty-fifty twenty-fifth (25th) of each month

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following the month of receipt of net patient services revenue. This surcharge shall be in addition

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to any other fees or assessments upon the provider allowable by law.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO TAXATION - IMAGING SERVICES SURCHARGE

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     This act excludes mammography services from the surcharge imposed on net patient

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revenue of imaging service providers.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

     

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