Allowing an individual a credit against the State income tax in an amount equal to 5% of the eligible long-term care insurance premiums paid by the individual for long-term care insurance covering the individual or the individual's spouse or dependent; providing that the credit does not affect the Maryland income tax treatment of any deduction or exclusion allowed for federal income tax purposes for the eligible long-term care premiums; and applying the Act to tax years beginning after 1996.
