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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Sep 18, 2008
Healthcare Enhancement for Local Public Servants Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend eligibility for tax-free distributions from governmental employee benefit plans for health and long-term care insurance to any retired state or local public employee (currently, limited to retired public safety officers); (2) provide for a tax deduction of such distributions rather than an exclusion from gross income; (3) allow nonitemizing taxpayers to claim such tax deduction; and (4) allow an annual inflation adjustment to the $3,000 distribution limit beginning after 2009.
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Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] · D–NY
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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