The Florida House rejected a proposal to link Employee Benefits Health tax incentives
The Florida House on Tuesday rejected a proposal to require companies to offer health benefits if they receive taxpayer money to go to the state, the AP Herald / Bradenton reports. The proposal was included in a bill (SB 2728) that would create economic incentives for companies to bring the scientific work pay in Florida. The bill, already passed in the Senate, would establish a $ 250 million fund to attract high-tech companies for research and development for the state through tax breaks and other incentives.Democrats argued that if companies move to the state will receive tax credits, they must pay for their health care coverage for employees. In the past, some companies that have received tax breaks after moving to Florida gave us Medicaid patients, state Republican Susan
Bucher (D) said. State Republican Frank AtKisson (R), the project sponsor, argued that the requirement would discourage companies to take advantage of tax credits. The health requirement proposal was rejected by a party-line vote, 83-55.The House of the State should pass the bill soon, after which it will be referred to the Senate for consideration of additional state (Royse, AP / Bradenton Herald, 5 / 2).Reprinted with permission from kaisernetwork. You can view the entire Kaiser Health Policy Report Daily, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at kaisernetwork / DailyReports / healthpolicy. Kaiser Health Policy Report is published for kaisernetwork Journal, a free service of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. 2005 Advisory Board Company and Kaiser FamilyFoundation. All rights reserved.