NY State Fin L § 97-PPPP-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 6 - Funds of the State 97-PPPP*2 - Sickle Cell Disease Research and Education Fund.

* § 97-pppp. Sickle cell disease research and education fund. 1. There is  hereby  established  in  the  joint  custody  of the commissioner of taxation and finance and the comptroller a  fund  to  be  known  as  the "sickle cell disease research and education fund".   2.  Such  fund  shall  consist  of  all  revenues received pursuant to section four hundred four-y of the vehicle  and  traffic  law,  and  all other  moneys  appropriated,  credited  or  transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this  section shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into the fund according to law.   2-a. On or before the first day of February each year, the comptroller shall  certify  to  the  governor,  temporary  president  of the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee and chair of the assembly ways and means committee, the amount of money  deposited in  the  sickle  cell  disease  research  and  education fund during the preceding calendar year as the result of  revenue  derived  pursuant  to section  four  hundred  four-y  of  the vehicle and traffic law and from grants, gifts and bequests.   2-b.  On  or  before  the  first  day  of  February  each  year,   the commissioner  of  health shall provide a written report to the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair  of  the  senate finance committee, chair of the assembly ways and means committee, chair of  the  senate  committee  on  health,  chair  of  the  assembly health committee, the state comptroller  and  the  public.  Such  report  shall include  how  the  monies of the fund were utilized during the preceding calendar year, and shall include:  (i) the amount of money disbursed from the fund and the award  process used for such disbursements;  (ii) recipients of awards from the fund;  (iii) the amount awarded to each;  (iv) the purposes for which such awards were granted; and  (v)  a  summary  financial  plan  for  such moneys which shall include estimates of all receipts and all  disbursements  for  the  current  and succeeding  fiscal  years,  along with the actual results from the prior fiscal year.   3. Moneys of the fund shall be expended only for sickle  cell  disease research projects and sickle cell disease education projects approved by the department of health in New York state. As used in this section, the term  "sickle  cell  disease research project" means scientific research approved by the department of health into the causes and/or treatment of sickle cell  disease,  and  the  term  "sickle  cell  disease  education project"  means  a  project  approved  by the department of health aimed toward educating the general public  about  the  causes,  symptoms,  and treatment of sickle cell disease.   4.  Moneys  shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by  the  commissioner of health.   5.  To the extent practicable, the commissioner of health shall ensure that all moneys received during a fiscal year are expended prior to  the end of that fiscal year.   * NB There are 2 § 97-pppp's