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Assembly Bill A3485

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to personal income tax exemptions for dependents receiving recommended vaccinations

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2017-A3485 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §616, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A5399

2017-A3485 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A3485 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3485
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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) EXEMPTIONS; WHEN ALLOWED.   AN EXEMPTION  SHALL  ONLY  BE  ALLOWED
 PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION FOR DEPENDENTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED ALL VACCINA-
 TIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH UNDER  ARTICLE  TWENTY-ONE
 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07941-01-7

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