Bill Text: NY A01354 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides a program to promote leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment and establishes the leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment fund; authorizes the commissioner of taxation and finance to create a check-off gift on individual income tax returns for contributions to leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-22 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [A01354 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A01354-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1354--B Cal. No. 92 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, ORTIZ, ABBATE, SCHIMMINGER, TITONE, ENGLEBRIGHT, MORELLE, PERRY, OTIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. AUBRY, COLTON, GUNTHER, HOOPER, LUPARDO, PEOPLES-STOKES, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the public health law, the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to providing for taxpayer gifts for leukemia, lympho- ma and myeloma research, education and treatment and establishing the leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment fund The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 2 27-CCC to read as follows: 3 ARTICLE 27-CCC 4 LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOMA AND MYELOMA RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND TREATMENT PROGRAM 5 Section 2747. Leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and 6 treatment. 7 § 2747. Leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treat- 8 ment. The commissioner shall establish within the department a program 9 to promote research, education and treatment regarding leukemia, lympho- 10 ma and myeloma. To carry out the purposes of this section, the commis- 11 sioner shall have the following powers and duties: 12 1. to promote research, education and treatment programs designed to 13 reduce or prevent the incidence and severity of leukemia, lymphoma and 14 myeloma; 15 2. to accept and expend any grants, awards or other funds or appropri- 16 ations as may be available for these purposes subject to limitations as EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00255-04-8A. 1354--B 2 1 to the approval of expenditures and audit as prescribed for state funds 2 by the state finance law; and 3 3. to enter into contracts within the amounts available therefor as 4 may be necessary to implement the provisions of this section. 5 § 2. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 209-L to read as 6 follows: 7 § 209-L. Gift for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education 8 and treatment. Effective for any tax year commencing on or after January 9 first, two thousand nineteen, a taxpayer in any taxable year may elect 10 to contribute to the support of the leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma 11 research, education and treatment fund. Such contribution shall be in 12 any whole dollar amount and shall not reduce the amount of the state tax 13 owed by such taxpayer. The commissioner shall include space on the 14 corporate income tax return to enable a taxpayer to make such contrib- 15 ution. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all revenues 16 collected pursuant to this section shall be credited to the leukemia, 17 lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment fund and shall be 18 used only for those purposes enumerated in section ninety-seven-rrrr of 19 the state finance law. 20 § 3. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 630-f to read as 21 follows: 22 § 630-f. Gift for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education 23 and treatment. Effective for any tax year commencing on or after Janu- 24 ary first, two thousand nineteen, an individual in any taxable year may 25 elect to contribute to the leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, 26 education and treatment fund. Such contribution shall be in any whole 27 dollar amount and shall not reduce the amount of state tax owed by such 28 individual. The commissioner shall include space on the personal income 29 tax return to enable a taxpayer to make such contribution. Notwith- 30 standing any other provision of law all revenues collected pursuant to 31 this section shall be credited to the leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma 32 research, education and treatment fund and used only for those purposes 33 enumerated in section ninety-seven-rrrr of the state finance law. 34 § 4. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 97-rrrr 35 to read as follows: 36 § 97-rrrr. Leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and 37 treatment fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of 38 the commissioner of taxation and finance and the comptroller, a special 39 fund to be known as the "leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, educa- 40 tion and treatment fund". 41 2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received by the department 42 of taxation and finance, pursuant to the provisions of section two 43 hundred nine-L and section six hundred thirty-f of the tax law and all 44 other moneys appropriated, credited, or transferred thereto from any 45 other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this section 46 shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the 47 purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into 48 the fund according to law. 49 2-a. On or before the first day of February each year, the commission- 50 er of health shall provide a written report to the temporary president 51 of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate 52 finance committee, the chair of the assembly ways and means committee, 53 the chair of the senate committee on health, the chair of the assembly 54 health committee, the state comptroller and the public. Such report 55 shall include how the monies of the fund were utilized during the 56 preceding calendar year, and shall include:A. 1354--B 3 1 (i) the amount of money dispersed from the fund and the award process 2 used for such disbursements; 3 (ii) recipients of awards from the fund; 4 (iii) the amount awarded to each recipient; 5 (iv) the purposes for which such awards were granted; and 6 (v) a summary financial plan for such monies which shall include esti- 7 mates of all receipts and all disbursements for the current and succeed- 8 ing fiscal years, along with the actual results from the prior fiscal 9 year. 10 3. Monies of the fund shall be expended only for leukemia, lymphoma 11 and myeloma research, education and treatment projects. As used in this 12 section, "leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treat- 13 ment projects" means research, education and treatment projects, includ- 14 ing grants for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and 15 treatment, which, pursuant to section twenty-seven hundred forty-seven 16 of the public health law, are approved by the department of health. 17 Such grants may include, among others, grants to public and private 18 hospitals, medical centers, medical schools and other organizations. 19 4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of 20 the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner 21 of health. 22 5. To the extent practicable, the commissioner of health shall ensure 23 that all monies received during a fiscal year are expended prior to the 24 end of that fiscal year. 25 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable 26 years commencing on or after January 1, 2019.
