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Also tagged in: Cancer, Child health, Children, Disabled, Families, Health policy, Hospital care, Income tax, Long-term care, Medical care, Medical economics, Medicine, Parents, Siblings, Social security, Social security taxes, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax refunds, Taxation, Terminally ill
Latest Action: 04/17/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E762) Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a credit against income tax for medical expenses for dependents. 4/17/2007--Introduced. Child Health Care Affordability Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for the medical expenses of a dependent. Limits the amount of such credit to $500 (adjusted for inflation) per dependent. Increases the amount of the credit to $3,000 (adjusted for inflation) for a dependent who has a terminal disease, cancer, a disability, or any other health condition requiring hospitalization or other forms of specialized care. (Coordinates the credit allowed by this Act with the income tax credit for household and dependent care expenses and the income tax deduction for medical expenses to prevent a double tax benefit.)
Latest Action: 09/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill TextTo amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to extend energy assistance to households headed by certain senior citizens. 7/10/2007--Introduced. Home Energy Assistance Targeted for Seniors Act - Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to rename it the Low-Income and Senior Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981. Redefines low-income households as households with incomes which do not exceed that of state median income, with at least 50% of the household income attributable to persons who are at least 65 years old.
Also tagged in: Charitable contributions, Cost of living adjustments, Economic policy, Education, Educational exchanges, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Families, Foreign students, Income tax, Indexing (Economic policy), Secondary education, Students, Tax deductions, Taxation
Latest Action: 10/29/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for host families of foreign exchange and other students from $50 per month to $200 per month, and for other purposes. 10/29/2007--Introduced. Youth Exchange Support Act of 2007- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase, from $50 to $200 per month, the tax deduction for the expenses of certain students living in a taxpayer's household; and (2) provide an inflation adjustment, beginning in 2009, for such amount.
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Also tagged in: Charitable contributions, Cost of living adjustments, Economic policy, Education, Educational exchanges, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Families, Foreign students, Income tax, Indexing (Economic policy), Secondary education, Students, Tax deductions, Taxation
Latest Action: 10/29/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for host families of foreign exchange and other students from $50 per month to $200 per month, and for other purposes. 10/29/2007--Introduced. Youth Exchange Support Act of 2007- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase, from $50 to $200 per month, the tax deduction for the expenses of certain students living in a taxpayer's household; and (2) provide an inflation adjustment, beginning in 2009, for such amount.
Latest Action: 09/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill TextTo amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to extend energy assistance to households headed by certain senior citizens. 7/10/2007--Introduced. Home Energy Assistance Targeted for Seniors Act - Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to rename it the Low-Income and Senior Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981. Redefines low-income households as households with incomes which do not exceed that of state median income, with at least 50% of the household income attributable to persons who are at least 65 years old.
Also tagged in: Cancer, Child health, Children, Disabled, Families, Health policy, Hospital care, Income tax, Long-term care, Medical care, Medical economics, Medicine, Parents, Siblings, Social security, Social security taxes, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax refunds, Taxation, Terminally ill
Latest Action: 04/17/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E762) Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a credit against income tax for medical expenses for dependents. 4/17/2007--Introduced. Child Health Care Affordability Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for the medical expenses of a dependent. Limits the amount of such credit to $500 (adjusted for inflation) per dependent. Increases the amount of the credit to $3,000 (adjusted for inflation) for a dependent who has a terminal disease, cancer, a disability, or any other health condition requiring hospitalization or other forms of specialized care. (Coordinates the credit allowed by this Act with the income tax credit for household and dependent care expenses and the income tax deduction for medical expenses to prevent a double tax benefit.)
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