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- Introduced by Sen. Tupac Hunter (D) on March 25, 2009, to authorize a refundable income tax credit for the full amount paid for the purchase of hearing aids. Essentially, the state would reimburse all hearing aid purchases with no limit or means-test threshold.
- Referred to the Senate Finance Committee on March 25, 2009.
- Reported in the Senate on September 21, 2010, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Substitute offered in the Senate on September 28, 2010, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that scales back the tax credit and applies a means test. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on September 28, 2010.
- Referred to the Senate Finance Committee on March 25, 2009.
- Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on September 28, 2010, to authorize a non-refundable income tax credit of up to $1,500 paid by an individual taxpayer for hearing aids, if the buyer has household income less than $100,000 and is older than 60 or is another taxpayer's dependant.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Received in the House on September 29, 2010.
- Referred to the House Tax Policy Committee on September 29, 2010.
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1) Re: 2009 Senate Bill 403 (Require state to pay for all hearing aids ) by gypsy on December 17, 2010[quote user="LisaE"]This is actually a hard bill for me. I consider myself to be very conservative, however, there are people out there - like me personally [/quote]
In other words, I'm against government aid unless I'm getting it. A trait you share with many so-called Conservatives, tea partiers, and Republicans.
This is actually a hard bill for me. I consider myself to be very conservative, however, there are people out there - like me personally - who cannot afford the hearing aids that they need to go about living their daily lives. I can't hear very much at all without mine, but with it I can hear within normal hearing range. There is some assistance out there to enable people with disabilities so that they can work, but what happens when they choose not to work because they want to stay at home with their kids or if they are too old to continue working? I wonder if insurance should be required to cover hearing aids for certain levels of hearing loss? Would that be better? I don't have all the answers, but at least this bill is attempting to solve the issues out there for people like me.
The state of Michigan does not have money to pay for everything now. QUIT TRYING TO GIVE AWAY MORE MONEY!~!~!
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