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MMEDS Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-4467| Senate 
| Updated: 8/6/2020
Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Republican Senator

Florida

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Medical Manufacturing, Economic Development, and Sustainability Act of 2020 or the MMEDS Act of 2020 This bill provides incentives for relocating medical manufacturing facilities in the United States and for manufacturing medical products (i.e., drugs and devices) in economically distressed zones. Specifically, the bill allows a income tax credit for 40% of the sum of wages paid in a medical product manufacturing economically distressed zone, employee fringe benefit expenses, and depreciation and amortization allowances with respect to qualified medical product manufacturing facility property, and a credit for economically distressed zone products and services acquired by domestic medical product manufacturers.. The bill also directs the Department of Health and Human Services to study the extent to which the health of aging individuals and vulnerable populations have been disproportionately harmed by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and prior epidemics and pandemics.
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Timeline
Jul 9, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-7527
Introduced in House
Aug 6, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Aug 6, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • July 9, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-7527
    Introduced in House


  • August 6, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • August 6, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Taxation

Related Bills

  • HR 116-7527: MMEDS Act of 2020
AgingBusiness expensesBusiness investment and capitalCardiovascular and respiratory healthCommunity life and organizationCongressional oversightDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationEconomic developmentEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment studies and investigationsHealth technology, devices, suppliesIncome tax creditsIncome tax deductionsIndustrial facilitiesInfectious and parasitic diseasesManufacturingMinority healthPublic-private cooperationResearch administration and fundingResearch and developmentUnemploymentVeterans' medical careWages and earnings

MMEDS Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-4467| Senate 
| Updated: 8/6/2020
Medical Manufacturing, Economic Development, and Sustainability Act of 2020 or the MMEDS Act of 2020 This bill provides incentives for relocating medical manufacturing facilities in the United States and for manufacturing medical products (i.e., drugs and devices) in economically distressed zones. Specifically, the bill allows a income tax credit for 40% of the sum of wages paid in a medical product manufacturing economically distressed zone, employee fringe benefit expenses, and depreciation and amortization allowances with respect to qualified medical product manufacturing facility property, and a credit for economically distressed zone products and services acquired by domestic medical product manufacturers.. The bill also directs the Department of Health and Human Services to study the extent to which the health of aging individuals and vulnerable populations have been disproportionately harmed by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and prior epidemics and pandemics.
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Timeline
Jul 9, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-7527
Introduced in House
Aug 6, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Aug 6, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • July 9, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-7527
    Introduced in House


  • August 6, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • August 6, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Republican Senator

Florida

Finance Committee

Taxation

Related Bills

  • HR 116-7527: MMEDS Act of 2020
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AgingBusiness expensesBusiness investment and capitalCardiovascular and respiratory healthCommunity life and organizationCongressional oversightDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationEconomic developmentEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment studies and investigationsHealth technology, devices, suppliesIncome tax creditsIncome tax deductionsIndustrial facilitiesInfectious and parasitic diseasesManufacturingMinority healthPublic-private cooperationResearch administration and fundingResearch and developmentUnemploymentVeterans' medical careWages and earnings