AN ACT CONCERNING AN INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH ORGAN DONATION.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 190*
*January Session, 2007*		LCO No. 955

Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
SEN. CAPPIELLO, 24th Dist. REP. CARSON, 108th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING AN INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH ORGAN DONATION.

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 Connecticut individual taxpayer to deduct up to ten thousand dollars for expenses associated with the donation, while living, of one or more of the individual's organs to another human being for human organ transplantation. Eligible expenses shall include the cost of travel, lodging and lost wages.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide a tax deduction of up to ten thousand dollars to living organ donors.