Bill Text: NY A00548 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides a tax credit for the purchase of technology to remotely monitor persons with Alzheimer's disease and/or dementia.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-10)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-19 - held for consideration in ways and means [A00548 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A00548-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          548
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. DINOWITZ, ABBATE, BENEDETTO, COLTON, GABRYSZAK,
         GUNTHER, JAFFEE, MAISEL, PAULIN, SCHIMMINGER, SPANO, ZEBROWSKI, ROSEN-
         THAL, CAMARA, TITONE, BOYLAND  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
         BARCLAY,  BRENNAN,  BURLING, CLARK, CONTE, DenDEKKER, DESTITO, DUPREY,
         GOTTFRIED, HEASTIE, HIKIND, KOLB, MAGEE,  MARKEY,  McENENY,  McKEVITT,
         MOLINARO,  RAIA,  REILLY,  TOBACCO, TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
       AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a tax  credit  for
         the  cost  of  purchasing  technology to remotely monitor persons with
         Alzheimer's disease and/or dementia
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  606  of  the  tax law is amended by adding a new
    2  subsection (ss) to read as follows:
    3    (SS) CREDIT FOR PURCHASING  TECHNOLOGY  TO  REMOTELY  MONITOR  PERSONS
    4  SUFFERING  FROM  ALZHEIMER'S  DISEASE AND/OR DEMENTIA. ANY FAMILY MEMBER
    5  AND/OR HOME HEALTH CARE WORKER WHO, IN ORDER  TO  DELIVER  PROPER  CARE,
    6  PURCHASES  TECHNOLOGY  TO  REMOTELY  MONITOR  A  PERSON  DIAGNOSED  WITH
    7  ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE OR ANOTHER DISORDER RELATING TO DEMENTIA, WHEN  SUCH
    8  PERSON RESIDES AT HOME, SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX OTHER-
    9  WISE  IMPOSED  UNDER THIS ARTICLE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE COST OF SUCH
   10  DEVICE UP TO ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
   12  years beginning on or after January 1, 2012.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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