Assembly Bill A1056

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides a tax deduction of up to ten thousand dollars for any person who donates a human organ to another human being

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A1056 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5178
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §612, Tax L; amd §201-d, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4265
2013-2014: A1915, S1780
2015-2016: A7418, S2162
2017-2018: A3479, S1473
2019-2020: A2948, S1149

2011-A1056 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a tax deduction of up to ten thousand dollars for any person who donates a human organ to another human being; provides job security for those individuals who miss work during the recovery period from a human organ donation.

2011-A1056 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1056

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. ORTIZ, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BOYLAND,  CLARK,  COLTON,   HOOPER,   MAYERSOHN,   McENENY,   MILLMAN,
  O'DONNELL, PEOPLES-STOKES, SCARBOROUGH, 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 deduction
  for donating organs; and to amend the labor law, in  relation  to  job
  security for those individuals who decide to donate an organ

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

  Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended  by
adding a new paragraph 39 to read as follows:
  (39) UP TO TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY PERSON WHO DONATES ONE OR MORE
OF HIS OR HER HUMAN ORGANS TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING FOR HUMAN ORGAN TRANS-
PLANTATION. SUCH DEDUCTION MAY ONLY BE TAKEN ONCE IN A DONOR'S LIFETIME.
THE  DEDUCTION SHALL EQUAL THAT AMOUNT OF NON-REIMBURSED EXPENSES RELAT-
ING TO TRAVEL, LODGING, MEDICAL EXPENSES AND LOST WAGES, BUT IN NO EVENT
SHALL THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF THE DEDUCTION EXCEED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE DEDUCTION MUST BE TAKEN IN EITHER THE YEAR THE TRANSPLANT OCCURS, OR
THE YEAR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING  THE  YEAR  THE  TRANSPLANT  OCCURS.  FOR
PURPOSES  OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "HUMAN ORGAN" MEANS ALL OR PART OF A LIVER,
PANCREAS, LUNG, KIDNEY, INTESTINE, OR BONE MARROW.
  S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 201-d of the labor  law  is  amended  by
adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
  E. AN INDIVIDUAL'S DECISION TO DONATE A HUMAN ORGAN AND FOR HIS OR HER
ABSENCE FROM WORK DURING THE RECOVERY PERIOD OF SUCH DONATION.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
years  commencing  on  or  after  such effective date, provided that the
commissioner of taxation and finance shall promulgate any rule or  regu-
lation necessary for the timely implementation of this act.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03657-01-1

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