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Assembly Bill A5399

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to personal income tax exemptions for dependent receiving recommended vaccinations

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2015-A5399 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง616, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A3485

2015-A5399 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to personal income tax exemptions for dependent receiving recommended vaccinations.

2015-A5399 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5399

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend  the  tax  law,  in  relation  to  personal  income  tax
  exemptions for dependents receiving recommended vaccinations

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

  Section 1. Section 616 of the tax law is amended  by  adding  two  new
subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
  (C)  DEPENDENTS.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE PERSONAL
INCOME TAX RETURN TO ENABLE A TAXPAYER TO INDICATE WHETHER  HIS  OR  HER
DEPENDENTS  HAVE RECEIVED ALL RECOMMENDED VACCINATIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH. NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  ALL  MONIES
RELATED  TO A TAXPAYER'S FAILURE TO CLAIM HIS OR HER DEPENDENTS PURSUANT
TO SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE CREDITED TO  THE  DEPARTMENT
OF  HEALTH  AND  USED  SPECIFICALLY FOR VACCINATION AWARENESS AND EDUCA-
TIONAL PROGRAMMING. A TAXPAYER SHALL HAVE UP TO A YEAR FROM  THE  FILING
DATE  OF THEIR PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURN TO AMEND SUCH RETURN AND CLAIM
AN EXEMPTION FOR THEIR DEPENDENTS, IF EACH  DEPENDENT  CLAIMED  RECEIVES
ALL  RECOMMENDED  VACCINATIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WITHIN SUCH A
YEAR.
  (D) AN EXEMPTION SHALL ONLY BE ALLOWED PURSUANT TO  THIS  SECTION  FOR
DEPENDENTS  THAT  HAVE  RECEIVED  ALL  VACCINATIONS  RECOMMENDED  BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09297-01-5

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