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Opposition MPs walk out of health committee meeting, in protest of disability bill delay

The bill aims to support the independent lives of people with disabilities while also providing them with high-quality services, and had been due to come into effect next month.

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Hundreds support Finland's "most vulnerable" at protest of government's planned cuts

"Anyone can become disabled or sick and become dependent on social help. We cannot afford to leave a single person in trouble," one protester told Yle.

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Ledyard advocate for those with developmental disabilities helps target reliance on IQ score

For decades, the state Department of Developmental Services and its predecessor, the Department of Mental Retardation, have relied on IQ scores in determining whether people have an intellectual disab...

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Ways & Means Committee – Week 18, 2021


Ways & Means Committee – Week 18, 2021
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Division I – Removal of triggers for Contingent Income Tax System
This would remove the “triggers” that must be met to move to the contingent individual income tax system established under SF 2417 in 2018, and make the new system effective for Tax Year 2023. Under SF 2417, the contingent tax system only goes into effect after TY 2023 when two conditions are met: General Fund net receipts for FY22 (or after) exceed $8.31 billion; and net General Fund receipts for that year grow at least 4% above the year prior (equal to or more than 104% of previous year’s net receipts).

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Appropriations Committee – Week 18, 2021

SF 619/SSB 1276 – Omnibus tax policy/Mental health funding Division I – Removal of triggers for Contingent Income Tax System This would remove the “triggers”

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