HB 218 RURAL HEALTH CARE TAX CREDIT DEFINITIONS

Rep Jason C. Harper

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 House Bill 218 (HB 218) reduces the number of practice hours for to qualify for the Health Care Practitioners Tax Credit. HB 218 modifies the definition of rural. 

 House Bill 218 (HB 218) reduces the number of practice hours from 2,080 to 1,584 to qualify for the Health Care Practitioners Tax Credit (credit). Practitioners who practice at least 792 hours and less than 1, 584 qualify for half the credit.

HB 218 modifies the definition of rural as a rural county or an unincorporated area of a rural county that is designated not by the state Department of Health but by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services.

If passed and signed into law, HB 218 is effective in Tax Years beginning 2024.