Assembly Bill A6800

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to a report on the impact of a tax deduction for expenses of the adoption of a special needs child

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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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2017-A6800 (ACTIVE) - Details

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S4492
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2017-A6800 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of children and family services, in conjunction with the department of taxation and finance, to complete a report by July 30, 2018, on the impact of a tax deduction for expenses, including adoption fees, medical and legal fees, court costs and any other related expenses paid or incurred by a taxpayer and attributed to the adoption of a special needs child.

2017-A6800 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6800
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT  in  relation  to  a report on the impact of a tax deduction for
   expenses of the adoption of a special needs child
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. 1. The office of children and family services, in consulta-
 tion  with  the  department  of  taxation  and finance, shall complete a
 report on the impact of a tax deduction for expenses, including adoption
 fees, medical and legal fees, court costs and any other related expenses
 paid or incurred by a taxpayer and  attributed  to  the  adoption  of  a
 special needs child.
   2. Such report shall include, but not be limited to:
   (a)  the  trend  of adoptions for special needs children over the past
 ten years;
   (b) how many special needs children have been adopted in the past  ten
 years in the state of New York;
   (c)  the  length  of  the waiting period prior to adoption for special
 needs children;
   (d) the per-year out-of-pocket costs incurred by  parents  of  special
 needs children that would not be incurred by parents of children without
 special needs; and
   (e)  the  existing  benefits available for adoptive parents of special
 needs children.
   3. For purposes of this act, a child with special needs shall mean any
 child who is under the age of twenty-one and who  possesses  a  specific
 physical,  mental, or emotional condition or disability of such severity
 or kind that, in the opinion  of  the  office  of  children  and  family
 services,  would  constitute  a  significant  obstacle  to  the  child's
 adoption.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09959-01-7

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