MA H1647

Bill

Relative to repealing the employer medical assistance contribution tax

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to repealing the employer medical assistance contribution. Labor and Workforce Development.

AI Summary

This bill repeals the employer medical assistance contribution tax, also known as the EMAC tax, which required employers in Massachusetts to contribute a certain amount per employee to the state's medical assistance program. The bill reduces the EMAC tax rate from 0.51% to 0.34%, and eliminates the additional 0.18% and 0.36% EMAC assessments. The bill also directs the Director of Unemployment Assistance to return all EMAC contributions paid by employers in 2019 within 90 days of the bill's passage, and it sets the effective date of the changes to January 1, 2019.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (15)

Jay Barrows (R), William Crocker (R), Kim Ferguson (R), Paul Frost (R), Susan Gifford (R), Bradford Hill (R), Steven Howitt (R), Randy Hunt (R), Brad Jones (R), Hannah Kane (R), Shaunna O'Connell (R), Elizabeth Poirier (R), Todd Smola (R), Bruce Tarr (R), Donald Wong (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5123 (on 11/10/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1647

(7 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1647
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1647.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1879	Relative to postpartum depression screening	Committee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H5123	Study Order - contracts and employment	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
H602	Relative to providing dental care to senior citizens	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
S1165	Relative to protective custody	Accompanied a study order, see S2550	Similar To
S1780	Relative to repealing the Employer Medical Assistance Contribution Supplement Tax	Accompanied a study order, see S2549	Similar To
S60	Relative to cueing and supervision in the PCA program	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S689	Relative to the utilization of public health benefits by large employers	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To

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