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                                 971--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
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Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, LATIMER -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed,  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Investi-
  gations and Government Operations -- recommitted to the  Committee  on
  Investigations  and  Government  Operations  in accordance with Senate
  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to
  providing a tax check-off box on personal income tax return forms  for
  gifts to the school-based health centers fund

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

  Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a  new  section  630-e  to
read as follows:
  S  630-E.  GIFT FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS. EFFECTIVE FOR ANY TAX
YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN,  AN
INDIVIDUAL   IN  ANY  TAXABLE  YEAR  MAY  ELECT  TO  CONTRIBUTE  TO  THE
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS 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.  THE
COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ALSO  ENSURE  THAT  A DESCRIPTION OF A SCHOOL-BASED
HEALTH CENTER IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE TAX  FORM  PREPARATION  INSTRUCTION
BOOKLET.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW  ALL  REVENUES
COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE SCHOOL-BASED
HEALTH CENTERS FUND AND USED  ONLY  FOR  THOSE  PURPOSES  ENUMERATED  IN
SECTION EIGHTY-ONE OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  S  2.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section 81 to
read as follows:
  S 81. SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED
IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF  HEALTH,
A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS FUND".

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02300-02-6
              

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  2.  SUCH  FUND  SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-E OF THE TAX LAW, AND ALL OTHER
MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED, OR TRANSFERRED  THERETO  FROM  ANY  OTHER
FUND  OR  SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN 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 TO FUND EXPANSION OF MEDICAL
SERVICES AT EXISTING SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS  OR  TO  ESTABLISH  NEW
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS.
  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.  AMOUNTS  EXPENDED FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION SHALL NOT AFFECT THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE APPROPRIATED
FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS UNDER ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW.
  6. SERVICES PERFORMED BY SCHOOL-BASED  HEALTH  CENTERS  AVAILABLE  FOR
MONEYS FROM THIS FUND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
  A. COMPREHENSIVE PHYSICAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS;
  B. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ACUTE ILLNESSES;
  C. VISION, HEARING, DENTAL, NUTRITIONAL, AND TUBERCULOSIS SCREENINGS;
  D. ROUTINE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC DISEASES;
  E. HEALTH EDUCATION;
  F. MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND REFERRALS;
  G. IMMUNIZATIONS;
  H. WORKING PAPERS AND SPORTS PHYSICALS; AND
  I. POPULATION-BASED PRIMARY PREVENTION.
  SERVICES  SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  ON-SITE  BY  A  MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM
CONSISTING OF A MID-LEVEL PRACTITIONER, A MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR, AND A
MEDICAL ASSISTANT IN CONSULTATION WITH A PHYSICIAN.  THE  CENTERS  SHALL
ALSO PROVIDE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS PER DAY, SEVEN DAYS
PER WEEK.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.