Bill Text: NY A00548 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 548 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ 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. LBD04458-01-1