Bill Text: CA AJR17 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Federal tax.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 23-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - From committee without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a). [AJR17 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AJR17-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AJR 17	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Patterson
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Allen, Bigelow, Chávez,
Conway, Dahle, Donnelly, Beth Gaines, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Harkey,
Jones, Linder, Logue, Maienschein, Mansoor, Melendez, Morrell,
Nestande, Olsen, Wagner, Waldron, and Wilk)

                        APRIL 8, 2013

   Relative to a repeal of a federal tax on medical devices.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AJR 17, as introduced, Patterson. Federal tax.
   This measure would urge the President and Congress of the United
States of America to repeal the excise tax on medical devices to
protect the medical device industry and its consumers.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, Beginning in 2013, federal law imposed a 2.3 percent
excise tax on the sales of certain medical devices; and
   WHEREAS, The medical device industry employs approximately 519,000
people throughout the nation, and many companies have announced
anticipated layoffs to counteract the lost revenue caused by the
payment of the tax; and
   WHEREAS, California is home to over 1,200 medical device companies
that employ over 107,000 Californians; and
   WHEREAS, Since approximately 20 percent of the nation's medical
device industry workforce is located in California, the tax
disproportionately impacts California businesses and employees; and
   WHEREAS, The tax also increases the costs of medical devices on
consumers, causing a disproportionate and difficult burden on the
sick and elderly, who more often need medical devices; and
   WHEREAS, The funds used to pay the tax could be better allocated
towards research, development, and job creation in the medical device
industry; and
   WHEREAS, A bipartisan effort in Congress, including members of the
California congressional delegation, is working to repeal the tax;
and
   WHEREAS, On March 21, 2013, the United States Senate voted 79 to
20 to support the Hatch-Klobuchar amendment to the Fiscal Year 2014
Budget Resolution that would repeal the medical device tax that was
included in the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of
California, jointly, That the Legislature urges the President and
Congress of the United States to repeal the excise tax on medical
devices to protect the medical device industry and its consumers; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United
States of America, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader
of the United States Senate, the Minority Leader of the United States
Senate, and to each Senator and Representative from California in
the Congress of the United States.