General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6141
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1779
*01779*
Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING
Introduced by:
REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6141
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 1779
*01779*
Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING
Introduced by:
REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TAX DEDUCTION FOR THE COST OF HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND MEDICAL 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 establish a deduction against the personal income tax of not more than 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 establishing a deduction against the personal income tax for the cost of medical supplies and home health care services.