N.Y. Tax Law § 629-a: Gift for eliminating the stigma relating to mental illness

§ 629-a. Gift for eliminating the stigma relating to mental illness.

Effective for any tax year commencing on or after January first, two

thousand fifteen, an individual in any taxable year may elect to

contribute to the mental illness anti-stigma fund. Such contribution

shall be in any whole dollar amount and shall not reduce the amount of

state tax owed by such individual. The commissioner shall include space

on the personal income tax return to enable a taxpayer to make such

contribution. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all revenue

collected pursuant to this section shall be credited to the mental

illness anti-stigma fund and used only for those purposes enumerated in

section ninety-five-h of the state finance law.