NY State Fin L § 97-AAAAA (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 6 - Funds of the State 97-AAAAA - Opioid Stewardship Fund.

* §  97-aaaaa. Opioid stewardship fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and  the  commissioner  of taxation  and  finance  an  account of the miscellaneous special revenue account to be known as the "opioid stewardship fund".   2. Moneys in opioid stewardship fund shall be kept separate and  shall not  be  commingled  with  any  other moneys in the custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance.   3. The opioid stewardship fund shall consist  of  moneys  appropriated for  the  purpose  of  such  account, moneys transferred to such account pursuant to law, contributions consisting of promises or grants  of  any money  or  property  of  any kind or value, or any other thing of value, including grants or  other  financial  assistance  from  any  agency  of government  and moneys required by the provisions of this section or any other law to be paid into or credited to this account.   4. Moneys of the opioid stewardship fund,  when  allocated,  shall  be available,  subject  to  the  approval of the director of the budget, to support programs operated by the New York state office of alcoholism and substance abuse services or agencies certified, authorized, approved  or otherwise  funded  by  the  New  York  state  office  of  alcoholism and substance abuse services  to  provide  opioid  treatment,  recovery  and prevention  and  education  services;  and  to  provide  support for the prescription monitoring program  registry  as  established  pursuant  to section thirty-three hundred forty-three-a of the public health law.   5.  At the request of the budget director, the state comptroller shall transfer moneys to support the  costs  of  opioid  treatment,  recovery, prevention,  education  services,  and  other related programs, from the opioid stewardship fund to any other fund of the state to  support  this purpose.   6.  (i)  Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, no moneys shall be available from the opioid stewardship  fund  until  a certificate  of  allocation  and  a  schedule of amounts to be available therefor shall have been issued by the director of the budget, upon  the recommendation  of  the  commissioner  of  the  office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, and a copy of such certificate filed with  the comptroller,  the  chairman  of  the  senate  finance  committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means committee.  (ii) Such certificate may be amended from time to time by the director of the budget, upon the recommendation of the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, and a copy of such amendment shall be filed with the comptroller, the chairman of the senate  finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means committee.   7.  The  moneys,  when  allocated,  shall  be  paid  out of the opioid stewardship fund, pursuant to subdivision  four  of  this  section,  and subject  to the approval of the director of the budget, on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by (i)  the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services or his  or  her  designee;  or  (ii)  the commissioner of the department of health or his or her designee.   * NB Repealed June 30, 2024