L.D.1184 (An Act Regarding Sales and Use Tax Exemptions for Durable Medical Equipment, Breast Pumps and Mobility Enhancing Equipment) will be up for voting in the Maine legislature on Friday, May 10th .  Please vote in favor of this bill.

The Appropriations Committee voted in a bi-partisan manner (8-2) to advance the bill to the entire legislature for a vote on Friday. 

Current law exempts the following items: crutches and wheelchairs for the use of sick, injured or disabled persons and not for rental; diabetic supplies used in the diagnosis or treatment of human diabetes; cpap and oxygen delivery equipment and supplies sold or leased for personal use; prosthetic or orthotic devices sold by means of an order issued by a licensed health care practitioner. 

Items still subjected to Maine sales tax are included but are not limited to hospital beds, breast pumps, catheters and ostomy devices and supplies, compression stockings, wound care mattresses and dressings, and patient handling equipment.