N.Y. STF Law § 95-E — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 95-E
New York State prostate and testicular cancer research and education fund
Status: in_force

* § 95-e. New York State prostate and testicular cancer research and\neducation fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of\nthe commissioner of taxation and finance and the comptroller, a special\nfund to be known as the "New York State prostate and testicular cancer\nresearch and education fund".\n  2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to the\nprovisions of section four hundred four-q of the vehicle and traffic\nlaw, as added by chapter five hundred twenty-eight of the laws of\nnineteen hundred ninety-nine, and sections two hundred nine-E and six\nhundred thirty of the tax law, all revenues received pursuant to\nappropriations by the legislature, and all moneys appropriated,\ncredited, or transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant\nto law. For each state fiscal year, there shall be appropriated to the\nfund by the state, in addition to all other moneys required to be\ndeposited into such fund, an amount equal to the amounts of monies\ncollected and deposited into the fund pursuant to section four hundred\nfour-q of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter five hundred\ntwenty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-nine, and sections\ntwo hundred nine-E and six hundred thirty of the tax law during the\npreceding calendar year, as certified by the comptroller. Nothing\ncontained herein shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or\nbequests for the purposes of the fund as defined in this section and\ndepositing them into the fund according to law. Any interest received by\nthe comptroller on moneys on deposit in such fund shall be retained in\nand become part of such fund.\n  3. (a) Moneys of the fund, following appropriation by the legislature\nand allocation by the director of the budget, shall be made available to\nthe commissioner of health to provide grants for the purpose of\nadvancing and financing prostate and testicular cancer research, support\nprograms and education projects.\n  (b) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of section one hundred\nsixty-three of the state finance law, the commissioner of health is\nauthorized to enter into a contract or contracts under paragraph (a) of\nthis subdivision without a competitive bid or request for proposal\nprocess, provided, however, that:\n  (i) The department of health shall post on its website, for a period\nof no less than thirty days:\n  (1) A description of the proposed services to be provided pursuant to\nthe contract or contracts;\n  (2) The criteria for selection of a contractor or contractors;\n  (3) The period of time during which a prospective contractor may seek\nselection, which shall be no less than thirty days after such\ninformation is first posted on the website; and\n  (4) The manner by which a prospective contractor may seek such\nselection, which may include submission by electronic means;\n  (ii) All reasonable and responsive submissions that are received from\nprospective contractors in timely fashion shall be reviewed by the\ncommissioner of health; and\n  (iii) The commissioner of health shall select such contractor or\ncontractors that, in his or her discretion, are best suited to serve the\npurposes of this section.\n  4. (a) On or before the first day of February each year, the\ncomptroller shall certify to the governor, temporary president of the\nsenate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee\nand chair of the assembly ways and means committee, the amount of money\ndeposited by source in the New York State prostate and testicular cancer\nresearch and education fund during the preceding calendar year as the\nresult of revenue derived pursuant to section four hundred four-q of the\nvehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter five hundred twenty-eight\nof the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-nine, and sections two hundred\nnine-E and six hundred thirty of the tax law and from all other sources.\n  (b) On or before the first day of February each year, the commissioner\nof health shall provide a written report to the temporary president of\nthe senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance\ncommittee, chair of the assembly ways and means committee, chair of the\nsenate committee on health, chair of the assembly health committee, the\nstate comptroller and the public. Such report shall include how monies\nof the fund were utilized during the preceding calendar year and shall\ninclude:\n  (i) the amount of money disbursed from the fund and the award process\nused for such disbursements;\n  (ii) recipients of awards from the fund;\n  (iii) the amount awarded to each;\n  (iv) the purposes for which such awards were granted; and\n  (v) a summary financial plan for such monies which shall include\nestimates of all receipts and all disbursements for the current and\nsucceeding fiscal years, along with the actual results from the prior\nfiscal year.\n  5. Moneys shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of\nthe comptroller on vouchers approved by the comptroller.\n  * NB There are 2 § 95-e's\n