N.Y. TAX Law § 629-A
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Gift for eliminating the stigma relating to mental illness
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§ 629-a. Gift for eliminating the stigma relating to mental illness.\nEffective for any tax year commencing on or after January first, two\nthousand fifteen, an individual in any taxable year may elect to\ncontribute to the mental illness anti-stigma fund. Such contribution\nshall be in any whole dollar amount and shall not reduce the amount of\nstate tax owed by such individual. The commissioner shall include space\non the personal income tax return to enable a taxpayer to make such\ncontribution. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all revenue\ncollected pursuant to this section shall be credited to the mental\nillness anti-stigma fund and used only for those purposes enumerated in\nsection ninety-five-h of the state finance law.\n
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