Bill Text: NY A05752 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the New York state tobacco settlement cancer research and treatment program; establishes such program within the Roswell Park Cancer Institute; provides for an annual report to the commissioner of health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-29 - held for consideration in health [A05752 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05752-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5752
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 6, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. McKEVITT, GRAF -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law and  the  state  finance  law,  in
         relation  to the New York state tobacco settlement cancer research and
         treatment program
         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 section
    2  2424 to read as follows:
    3    S 2424. NEW YORK STATE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT CANCER RESEARCH  AND  TREAT-
    4  MENT PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, THE
    5  NEW YORK STATE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT PROGRAM.
    6  THIS  PROGRAM SHALL BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTI-
    7  TUTE. THIS PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED TO  FUND  THE  CONTINUED  RESEARCH  OF
    8  CANCER  AND  TO  PROVIDE  TREATMENT  TO  THOSE WHO SUFFER THE EFFECTS OF
    9  TOBACCO USAGE. THIS PROGRAM SHALL BE FUNDED BY THE NEW YORK STATE TOBAC-
   10  CO SETTLEMENT FUND FOR CANCER RESEARCH  AND  TREATMENT,  ESTABLISHED  BY
   11  SECTION NINETY-FIVE-H OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   12    2. THE PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE ANNUAL WRITTEN REPORTS TO THE COMMISSION-
   13  ER  ADDRESSING  AND  SUMMARIZING  THE  EXPERIENCES OF THE PROGRAM IN ITS
   14  QUEST FOR A CURE FOR CANCER AND IN THE NATURE OF THE TREATMENTS PROVIDED
   15  UNDER THE PROGRAM. SUCH REPORT SHALL  INCLUDE  ANY  RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR
   16  ADDITIONAL  ACTION  NECESSARY  TO  CONTINUE  THE  ADVANCE  ON A CURE FOR
   17  CANCER.
   18    S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 95-h  to
   19  read as follows:
   20    S 95-H. NEW YORK STATE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND FOR CANCER RESEARCH AND
   21  TREATMENT.  1.  THERE  IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE
   22  COMPTROLLER A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "NEW  YORK  STATE  TOBACCO
   23  SETTLEMENT FUND FOR CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT".
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03968-01-3
       A. 5752                             2
    1    2.  SUCH  FUND  SHALL  CONSIST  OF  FIVE  PERCENT  OF THE GROSS MONIES
    2  RECEIVED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS A RESULT OF  ANY  AND  ALL  TOBACCO
    3  RELATED  SETTLEMENTS, JUDGMENTS OR AWARDS IN WHICH THE STATE OF NEW YORK
    4  IS A NAMED PARTY, BENEFICIARY OR RECIPIENT.
    5    3. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO THE NEW YORK STATE TOBACCO
    6  SETTLEMENT  CANCER  RESEARCH  AND  TREATMENT  PROGRAM  ESTABLISHED UNDER
    7  SECTION TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
    8    4. THE MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE PAID OUT ON THE AUDIT  AND  WARRANT
    9  OF THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS CERTIFIED OR APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER
   10  OF  HEALTH,  OR  BY  AN  OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
   11  DESIGNATED BY SUCH COMMISSIONER.
   12    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.   Effective  immediately,
   13  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
   14  sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is author-
   15  ized to be made on or before such effective date.