Senate Bill S2017

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to locator technology; provides a personal income tax credit for the purchase of locator technology

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 06, 2010	referred to health
Feb 11, 2009	referred to health

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2009-S2017 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10397
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§2004-a, Pub Health L; amd §606, Tax L

2009-S2017 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the coordinating council for services related to Alzheimer's disease and other dementia to make recommendations concerning locator technology; provides a personal income tax credit for the purchase of locator technology.

2009-S2017 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2017

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to locator
technology recommendations; and to amend the tax law, in relation to
providing a personal income tax credit for the purchase of locator
technology


 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL :

To provide a tax credit for the purchase of a GPS locator for those
afflicted with Alzheimer's and dementia or other similar
debilitations.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends the Alzheimer's Coordinating Council law (PHL,
2004-a) by requiring the council to examine locator technologies and
make recommendations to the director of the office for aging, who
forwards them to the Commissioner of Taxation, updating it by November
1 of each year.

Section 2 amends section 606 of the tax law, by adding a new
subdivision qq, to provide a credit for purchase of locator technology

of the cost of the local technology of $75, whichever is less, if the
technology has been recommended by a physician. The credit is
available for a purchaser only once every three years.

 JUSTIFICATION :

According to the New York State Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease and
other Dementias, 300,000 older New York State residents have dementia
and this number is projected to continue growing rapidly. Coined "The
Disease of the Century", the challenges that New York is and will
continue to face in serving this population and caregivers will
continue to grow.  Fortunately, there is growing research arid best
practices that have helped better identify persons with Alzheimer's
disease, better care for persons with Alzheimer's disease, provide
better support services for caregivers and provide packages of
services that delay nursing home placements. It is important, as the
population ages, to provide appropriate information and assistance,
training and outreach and education to providers of services and to
the general public in order to ensure that identification and
intervention happens earlier and families are linked with the
appropriate supports to help provide a good quality of life for the
individual with the disease.

This measure will help families in dealing with Alzheimer's patients,
by providing a credit for the purchase of technology. The locator
technology has been used in some communities, and has been supplied by
a not for profit group called Project Lifesaver.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

S.2450A - 2007 - Referred to Aging, Committed to Finance, Passed
Senate
S.2450A - 2008 - Referred to Aging, Committed to Finance, Passed
Senate

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately, with the credit available on and after January 1.

2009-S2017 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2017

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  GOLDEN,  DeFRANCISCO,  FUSCHILLO,  LANZA, LARKIN,
  LAVALLE, MORAHAN, SKELOS, VOLKER -- read twice  and  ordered  printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to locator technology
  recommendations;  and to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a
  personal income tax credit for the purchase of locator technology

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 4 of section 2004-a of the
public health law, as amended by section 4 of part A of  chapter  58  of
the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  (a)  The  council shall meet quarterly or more frequently if its busi-
ness shall require. The community forums in the first year of  implemen-
tation  count  as  a  formal  meeting of the council. The members of the
council shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for travel
and other expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the  performance
of  their  duties. The council shall provide reports to the governor and
the legislature on or before June thirtieth, two thousand  nine  and  by
June  thirtieth  of  every  other  year  thereafter.  Such reports shall
include recommendations for state policy  relating  to  dementia  and  a
review  of  services  initiated and coordinated among public and private
agencies to meet the needs of persons with Alzheimer's disease and other
dementia and their families.
  THE COUNCIL SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING LOCATOR TECHNOLOGIES
AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE  BY  INDIVIDUALS,  INCLUDING  GLOBAL  POSITIONING
TECHNOLOGY, THAT WOULD BENEFIT PERSONS AFFLICTED BY ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE,
DEMENTIA, AND/OR OTHER AFFLICTIONS, AND THEIR FAMILIES OR CARETAKERS. IF
THE  DIRECTOR  OF THE STATE OFFICE FOR AGING SHALL AGREE WITH THE RECOM-
MENDATIONS, THE DIRECTOR  MAY  PROMULGATE  SUCH  RECOMMENDATIONS  IN  AN
APPROPRIATE  FORM  AS  A REGULATION OF THE OFFICE, AND SHALL FORWARD THE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE. SUCH RECOM-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07114-03-9

S. 2017                             2

MENDATIONS SHALL BE UPDATED ANNUALLY, ON OR  BEFORE  NOVEMBER  FIRST  OF
EACH  YEAR,  BEGINNING IN THE CALENDAR YEAR NEXT FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS SECTION.
  S  2. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
(qq) to read as follows:
  (QQ) CREDIT FOR PURCHASE OF LOCATOR TECHNOLOGY. A  TAXPAYER  SHALL  BE
ALLOWED  A  CREDIT  AS  HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY
THIS ARTICLE FOR THE PURCHASE, OTHER THAN FOR RESALE,  OF  GLOBAL  POSI-
TIONING  TECHNOLOGY  THAT  HAS  BEEN RECOMMENDED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
FOUR OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND FOUR-A OF  THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW.    THE
AMOUNT  OF CREDIT SHALL BE THE COST TO THE TAXPAYER OF SUCH GLOBAL POSI-
TIONING TECHNOLOGY PURCHASED DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR, SUCH CREDIT NOT TO
EXCEED  SEVENTY-FIVE  DOLLARS  WITH  RESPECT  TO  EACH  UNIT  PURCHASED,
PROVIDED  HOWEVER THAT (1) A TAXPAYER SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO CLAIM THE
CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBSECTION MORE OFTEN  THAN  ONCE  DURING  ANY
PERIOD  OF  THREE TAXABLE YEARS; AND (2) THE TAXPAYER SHALL NOT BE ENTI-
TLED TO THE CREDIT UNLESS THE LOCATOR TECHNOLOGY SHALL HAVE BEEN  RECOM-
MENDED OR REQUIRED BY A PHYSICIAN.
  S  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately; provided that the tax
credit for locator technology provided by section two of this act  shall
apply  to taxable years beginning on and after the first of January next
succeeding the date on which this act shall have become a law.

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