Bill Text: NY A02577 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Creates a personal income tax check-off box for donations to the school-based health centers fund; creates the school-based health centers fund; specifies the use for which moneys of the fund may be expended.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-06 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [A02577 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A02577-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2577--B
                                                               Cal. No. 139
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 16, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, LAVINE, CLARK, PEOPLES-STOKES, ROBINSON --
         Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A. COLTON, COOK, MILLMAN, WEISENBERG,
         WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means --
         committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
         recommitted  to said committee -- advanced to a third reading, amended
         and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third read-
         ing
       AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law,  in  relation  to
         providing  a tax check-off box on personal income tax return forms for
         gifts to the school-based health centers fund
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  tax  law is amended by adding a new section 630-d to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 630-D. GIFT FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS. EFFECTIVE FOR  ANY  TAX
    4  YEAR  COMMENCING  ON  OR  AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN, AN
    5  INDIVIDUAL  IN  ANY  TAXABLE  YEAR  MAY  ELECT  TO  CONTRIBUTE  TO   THE
    6  SCHOOL-BASED  HEALTH  CENTERS  FUND.  SUCH  CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE IN ANY
    7  WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY
    8  SUCH INDIVIDUAL. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE  ON  THE  PERSONAL
    9  INCOME  TAX  RETURN  TO ENABLE A TAXPAYER TO MAKE SUCH CONTRIBUTION. THE
   10  COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO ENSURE THAT  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  A  SCHOOL-BASED
   11  HEALTH  CENTER  IS  INCLUDED WITHIN THE TAX FORM PREPARATION INSTRUCTION
   12  BOOKLET.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW  ALL  REVENUES
   13  COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE SCHOOL-BASED
   14  HEALTH  CENTERS  FUND  AND  USED  ONLY  FOR THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN
   15  SECTION EIGHTY-ONE OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   16    S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new  section  81  to
   17  read as follows:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03904-04-4
       A. 2577--B                          2
    1    S 81. SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED
    2  IN  THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH,
    3  A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS FUND".
    4    2.  SUCH  FUND  SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE
    5  PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-D OF THE TAX LAW, AND ALL OTHER
    6  MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED, OR TRANSFERRED  THERETO  FROM  ANY  OTHER
    7  FUND  OR  SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL PREVENT
    8  THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF
    9  THE  FUND  AS  DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO THE FUND
   10  ACCORDING TO LAW.
   11    3. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED TO FUND EXPANSION  OF  MEDICAL
   12  SERVICES  AT  EXISTING  SCHOOL-BASED  HEALTH CENTERS OR TO ESTABLISH NEW
   13  SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS.
   14    4. MONIES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND  WARRANT  OF
   15  THE  COMPTROLLER  ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER
   16  OF HEALTH.
   17    5. AMOUNTS EXPENDED FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS PURSUANT  TO  THIS
   18  SECTION SHALL NOT AFFECT THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE APPROPRIATED
   19  FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS UNDER ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW.
   20    6.  SERVICES  PERFORMED  BY  SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS AVAILABLE FOR
   21  MONEYS FROM THIS FUND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   22    A. COMPREHENSIVE PHYSICAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS;
   23    B. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ACUTE ILLNESSES;
   24    C. VISION, HEARING, DENTAL, NUTRITIONAL, AND TUBERCULOSIS SCREENINGS;
   25    D. ROUTINE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC DISEASES;
   26    E. HEALTH EDUCATION;
   27    F. MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND REFERRALS;
   28    G. IMMUNIZATIONS;
   29    H. WORKING PAPERS AND SPORTS PHYSICALS; AND
   30    I. POPULATION-BASED PRIMARY PREVENTION.
   31    SERVICES SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  ON-SITE  BY  A  MULTI-DISCIPLINARY  TEAM
   32  CONSISTING OF A MID-LEVEL PRACTITIONER, A MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR, AND A
   33  MEDICAL  ASSISTANT  IN  CONSULTATION WITH A PHYSICIAN. THE CENTERS SHALL
   34  ALSO PROVIDE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS PER DAY, SEVEN DAYS
   35  PER WEEK.
   36    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.