General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 289
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1914
*01914*
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 289
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1914
*01914*
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.
AN ACT PROVIDING AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX FOR HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND SUPPLIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 229 of the general statutes be amended to allow a deduction under the personal income tax of up to sixty thousand dollars for the cost of full-time home health care, including, but not limited to, the cost of medical supplies and in-home services provided by homemaker-home health aides and other home-health care providers.
Statement of Purpose:
To encourage aging in place by providing an exemption under the personal income tax for home health care services and supplies.