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A02660 Summary:

A02660 Actions:

A02660 Committee Votes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Farrell      
DATE:06/08/2017AYE/NAY:30/2  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
Excused
Walter
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Nay
Perry
Aye
Curran
Nay
Colton
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cook
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Moya
Excused
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Excused
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/12/2017AYE/NAY:27/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Excused
Butler
Aye
Farrell
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Finch
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Raia
Aye
Hooper
Excused
Hawley
Aye
Ortiz
Excused
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Excused
Galef
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye

A02660 Floor Votes:

A02660 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2660--B
                                                                Cal. No. 211
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 20, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. ORTIZ, SEPULVEDA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A. JOYNER, LAVINE, PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once  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 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-f to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 630-f. Gift for school-based health centers. Effective for  any  tax
     4  year  commencing  on  or  after January first, two thousand nineteen, an
     5  individual in any taxable year may elect to contribute  to  the  school-
     6  based  health  centers  fund.  Such  contribution  shall be in any whole
     7  dollar amount and shall not reduce the amount of state tax owed by  such
     8  individual.  The commissioner shall include space on the personal income
     9  tax return to enable a taxpayer to make such contribution.  The  commis-
    10  sioner  shall  also  ensure  that a description of a school-based health
    11  center is included within the tax form preparation instruction  booklet.
    12  Notwithstanding any other provision of law all revenues collected pursu-
    13  ant to this section shall be credited to the school-based health centers
    14  fund and used only for those purposes enumerated in section ninety-nine-
    15  bb of the state finance law.
    16    § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-bb to
    17  read as follows:
    18    §  99-bb.  School-based health centers fund. 1. There is hereby estab-
    19  lished in the joint custody of the comptroller and the  commissioner  of
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07760-04-8
        A. 2660--B                          2
 
     1  health,  a  special fund to be known as the "school-based health centers
     2  fund".
     3    2.  Such  fund  shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to the
     4  provisions of section six hundred thirty-f of the tax law, and all other
     5  moneys appropriated, credited, or transferred  thereto  from  any  other
     6  fund  or  source pursuant to law. Nothing contained herein shall prevent
     7  the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the  purposes  of
     8  the  fund  as  defined in this section and depositing them into the fund
     9  according to law.
    10    3. On or before the first day of February each year, the  commissioner
    11  of  health  shall provide a written report to the temporary president of
    12  the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance commit-
    13  tee, chair of the assembly ways and means  committee,  the  state  comp-
    14  troller  and the public. Such report shall include how the monies of the
    15  fund were  utilized  during  the  preceding  calendar  year,  and  shall
    16  include:
    17    a.  the  amount of money dispersed from the fund and the award process
    18  used for such disbursements;
    19    b. recipients of awards from the fund;
    20    c. the amount awarded to each;
    21    d. the purposes for which such awards were granted; and
    22    e. a summary financial plan for such monies which shall include  esti-
    23  mates of all receipts and all disbursements for the current and succeed-
    24  ing  fiscal  years,  along with the actual results from the prior fiscal
    25  year.
    26    4. Monies of the fund shall be expended to fund expansion  of  medical
    27  services  at  existing  school-based  health centers or to establish new
    28  school-based health centers.
    29    5. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and  warrant  of
    30  the  comptroller  on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner
    31  of health.
    32    6. Amounts expended for school-based health centers pursuant  to  this
    33  section shall not affect the amount that would otherwise be appropriated
    34  for school-based health centers under any other provision of law.
    35    7.  Services  performed  by  school-based health centers available for
    36  moneys from this fund shall include, but not be limited to:
    37    a. comprehensive physical health and mental health assessments;
    38    b. diagnosis and treatment of acute illnesses;
    39    c. vision, hearing, dental, nutritional, and tuberculosis screenings;
    40    d. routine management of chronic diseases;
    41    e. health education;
    42    f. mental health counseling and referrals;
    43    g. immunizations;
    44    h. working papers and sports physicals; and
    45    i. population-based primary prevention.
    46    Services shall  be  provided  on-site  by  a  multi-disciplinary  team
    47  consisting of a mid-level practitioner, a mental health counselor, and a
    48  medical  assistant  in  consultation with a physician. The centers shall
    49  also provide access to health care twenty-four hours per day, seven days
    50  per week.
    51    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.