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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2024
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 Introduced  by M. of A. SMULLEN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a tax deduction
   for a beneficiary of  a  deferred  compensation  plan  who  uses  such
   distribution to pay for qualified health insurance premiums
 
   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 48 to read as follows:
   (48)  IN  THE  CASE  OF  A TAXPAYER WHO IS A BENEFICIARY OF A DEFERRED
 COMPENSATION PLAN, AS AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION FOUR-HUNDRED  FIFTY-SEVEN
 OF  THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AND ELECTS TO MAKE A DISTRIBUTION OF SUCH
 DEFERRED COMPENSATION IN ORDER TO PAY  FOR  QUALIFIED  HEALTH  INSURANCE
 PREMIUMS, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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