Bill C-417
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2nd Session, 40th Parliament,
57-58 Elizabeth II, 2009
house of commons of canada
BILL C-417
An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (inborn error of metabolism)
R.S., c. 1 (5th Supp.)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. Subsection 118.2(2) of the Income Tax Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (t), adding “or” at the end of paragraph (u) and adding the following after paragraph (u):
(v) on behalf of the patient with an inborn error of metabolism, for the incremental cost of acquiring low-protein food products as compared to the cost of acquiring food products that are recommended as part of a standard diet by the Canada Food Guide, if the patient has been certified in writing by a medical practitioner to be a person who, because of that disorder, must consume low-protein food products as part of his or her medically supervised diet.
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