SENATE DOCKET, NO. 957        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1461

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Viriato M. deMacedo

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act authorizing tax free contributions to a trust for the care of incapacitated persons.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Viriato M. deMacedo

Plymouth and Barnstable

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

Robert L. Hedlund

Plymouth and Norfolk

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 957        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1461

By Mr. deMacedo, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1461) of Viriato M. deMacedo, Mathew Muratore, Bruce E. Tarr, Robert L. Hedlund and others for legislation to authorize tax free contributions to a trust for the care of incapacitated parents or guardians.  Revenue.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2541 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act authorizing tax free contributions to a trust for the care of incapacitated persons.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 6I the following section:— Section 6m. A parent or guardian of a person who is disabled, as defined in the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. subsection 1382c (a)(3)(A), may contribute an amount not to exceed ten percent of his gross income to a supplemental needs trust for the care of such disabled person and such contribution shall be exempt from taxation under the provisions of this chapter. For purposes of this paragraph, a “supplemental needs trust” shall mean a trust used to provide a supplemental source for payment of goods and services that are otherwise unavailable from any publicly funded benefit program or to provide a higher quality of care than is otherwise available.