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A01354 Summary:

A01354 Actions:

A01354 Committee Votes:

Committee:HEALTH   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:01/24/2017AYE/NAY:23/1  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Gottfried
Nay
Raia
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
McDonough
Aye
Galef
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Walter
Aye
Cahill
Excused
Garbarino
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Norris
Aye
Gunther
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Titone
Aye
Mayer
Aye
Jaffee
Aye
Steck
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Braunstein
Excused
Kim
Aye
Solages
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:05/23/2017AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Butler
Aye
Farrell
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Finch
Excused
Nolan
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Raia
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Galef
Excused
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Farrell      
DATE:05/23/2017AYE/NAY:32/1  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Farrell
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Glick
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Walter
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Nay
Perry
Aye
Curran
Aye
Colton
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cook
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Moya
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Excused
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Excused
Rozic
Aye

A01354 Floor Votes:

A01354 Text:

 
                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.
                                                                   LBD00255-04-8
        A. 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.