NY State Senate Bill 2015-S5902

Senate Bill S5902

Signed By Governor

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides taxpayer gifts for women's cancers education and prevention; establishes the women's cancers education and prevention fund

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 20, 2015	signed chap.420
Nov 10, 2015	delivered to governor
Jun 18, 2015	returned to assembly repassed senate substituted for s5902
Jun 18, 2015	substituted by a382a ordered to third reading cal.1843
Jun 10, 2015	referred to rules

Votes

- Jun 18, 2015 - Floor Vote
  A382
  
  63
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 18, 2015
      
      aye (63)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Panepinto
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sampson
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Venditto
      
      Young
  Jun 18, 2015 - Rules Committee Vote
  S5902
  
  22
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 18, 2015
      
      aye (22)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      LaValle
      
      Larkin
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Parker
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Gianaris
      
      Krueger
      
      Perkins

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2015-S5902 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A382
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §207, Pub Health L; add §209-I & Art 22 Part 2 §630-d, Tax L; add §97-llll, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:: S5871, A5689

2015-S5902 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for taxpayer gifts for women's cancers education and prevention; establishes the women's cancers education and prevention fund; defines women's cancer to mean and include cervical, endometrial, gestational trophoblastic tumor, ovarian, uterine sarcoma, vaginal, and vulvar.

2015-S5902 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S5902

TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, the tax law and the state
finance law, in relation to providing for taxpayer gifts for women's
cancers education and prevention and establishing the women's cancers
education and prevention fund

PURPOSE:

This bill establishes the women's cancers education and prevention
fund, financed by optional contributions derived from a taxpayer
check-off placed on all corporate and personal income tax forms.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law
adding a new paragraph (1) to add women's cancers to the health care
and wellness education and outreach program within the Department of
Health.

Section 2 and 3 adds new sections, 209-I and 630-d, respectively; to
the tax law to allow corporate and individual taxpayers the option to
contribute to the women's cancers education and prevention program
through a tax check-off on the tax return.

Section 4 adds a new section, 97-1111, to the state finance law, to
establish the women's cancers education and prevention fund under the,
joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance and the
state comptroller.

Section 5 sets forth the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

Women cancers, defined in this bill to include cervical, endometrial,
gestational trophoblastic tumor, ovarian, uterine sarcoma, vaginal,
and vulvae, claim thousands of lives each year. While much education
has effectively focused on cancers such as breast cancer, it is
important to provide for additional avenues for New Yorkers to raise
funds for women's cancers education and prevention programs by having
a voluntarily taxpayer check-off on both individual and corporate
taxpayer tax forms. These funds will be used to educate the public
regarding the existences of women cancers, screening options, and tips
for a healthy lifestyle.

Through education and awareness, lives can be saved, particularly if
women understand the need for screenings and preventative measures
that may be taken to reduce the risks for cancers.

Raising funds for this purpose will help to ensure that more women are
reached with this vital information.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2014. S5871A- reported to Finance, A5689B - passed Assembly


FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined

EFFECTIVE DATE:

Immediately

2015-S5902 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5902

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the public health law, the tax law and the state finance
  law, in relation to providing for taxpayer gifts for  women's  cancers
  education  and  prevention and establishing the women's cancers educa-
  tion and prevention fund

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1 of section 207 of the public health law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (l) to read as follows:
  (L) THE DANGERS OF WOMEN'S CANCERS,  INCLUDING  WAYS  TO  PREVENT  AND
SEVERITY  OF  SUCH  DISEASES.    FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, WOMEN'S
CANCERS SHALL MEAN AND  INCLUDE:    CERVICAL,  ENDOMETRIAL,  GESTATIONAL
TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR, OVARIAN, UTERINE SARCOMA, VAGINAL, AND VULVAR.
  S  2.  The tax law is amended by adding a new section 209-I to read as
follows:
  S 209-I. GIFT FOR WOMEN'S CANCERS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION.  A TAXPAY-
ER IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO  THE  SUPPORT  OF  THE
WOMEN'S  CANCERS  EDUCATION AND PREVENTION FUND. SUCH CONTRIBUTION SHALL
BE IN ANY WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE  THE  AMOUNT  OF  THE
STATE TAX OWED BY SUCH TAXPAYER. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON
THE  CORPORATE  INCOME  TAX  RETURN  TO  ENABLE  A TAXPAYER TO MAKE SUCH
CONTRIBUTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW,  ALL  REVENUES
COLLECTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE WOMEN'S
CANCERS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION FUND AND SHALL BE USED ONLY  FOR  THOSE
PURPOSES  ENUMERATED  IN  SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-LLLL OF THE STATE FINANCE
LAW.
  S 3. Part 2 of article 22 of the tax law is amended by  adding  a  new
section 630-d to read as follows:
  S  630-D. GIFT FOR WOMEN'S CANCERS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION.  AN INDI-
VIDUAL IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR  MAY  ELECT  TO  CONTRIBUTE  TO  THE  WOMEN'S

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04238-03-5

S. 5902                             2

CANCERS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION FUND. SUCH CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE IN ANY
WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY
SUCH  INDIVIDUAL.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE PERSONAL
INCOME  TAX  RETURN  TO  ENABLE  A  TAXPAYER  TO MAKE SUCH CONTRIBUTION.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW ALL REVENUES COLLECTED PURSU-
ANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE WOMEN'S  CANCERS  EDUCATION
AND  PREVENTION  FUND  AND  USED  ONLY  FOR THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN
SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-LLLL OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  S 4. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section  97-llll
to read as follows:
  S 97-LLLL.  WOMEN'S CANCERS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION FUND. 1. THERE IS
HEREBY  ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION
AND FINANCE AND THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL  FUND  TO  BE  KNOWN  AS  THE
"WOMEN'S CANCERS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION FUND".
  2.  SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, PURSUANT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  TWO
HUNDRED  NINE-I AND SECTION SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-D OF THE TAX 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.
  3. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL  BE  EXPENDED  ONLY  FOR  WOMEN'S  CANCERS
EDUCATION  AND  PREVENTION  PROJECTS.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "WOMEN'S
CANCERS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROJECTS" MEANS  EDUCATIONAL  PROJECTS,
INCLUDING  GRANTS FOR WOMEN'S CANCERS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS,
WHICH ARE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
  4. MONIES 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 MONIES RECEIVED DURING A FISCAL YEAR ARE EXPENDED PRIOR TO THE
END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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