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                                    432
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
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 Introduced  by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, PERRY, McKEVITT -- Multi-Sponsored by
   -- M. of A.  COOK, CROUCH, TITONE -- read once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
   a lymphedema and lymphatic diseases research grants  program;  and  to
   amend  the  state  finance law, in relation to creating the lymphedema
   and lymphatic diseases research and education fund
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 3153-a to read as follows:
   § 3153-A. LYMPHEDEMA AND LYMPHATIC DISEASES RESEARCH  GRANTS  PROGRAM.
 1.  THE FOUNDATION SHALL, WITHIN AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS, ESTABLISH THE
 LYMPHEDEMA AND LYMPHATIC DISEASES  RESEARCH  GRANTS  PROGRAM,  HEREAFTER
 "GRANTS  PROGRAM." THE GRANTS PROGRAM SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FOUN-
 DATION, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH.  SUCH  GRANTS
 PROGRAM  FUNDS SHALL BE USED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM
 OF GRANTS, NOT TO EXCEED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER GRANT, TO  NEW  YORK
 STATE  BIOMEDICAL  RESEARCH  INSTITUTIONS FOR WORKING CAPITAL TO FURTHER
 NEW AND EMERGING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DIAGNOSIS  AND  TREAT-
 MENT  OF LYMPHEDEMA AND LYMPHATIC DISEASES. SUCH GRANTS SHALL BE AWARDED
 ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS TO BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RESPONDING TO
 REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS ISSUED BY THE FOUNDATION WHEN FUNDS ARE APPROPRI-
 ATED.
   2. (A) "BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION" SHALL MEAN  A  NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 UNIVERSITY,  COLLEGE,  HOSPITAL,  PRIVATE OR FEDERAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
 LOCATED IN NEW YORK STATE,  OR  A  CONSORTIUM  OF  SUCH  ENTITIES,  THAT
 CONDUCTS  AN  INTENSIVE  AND ONGOING PROGRAM OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
 DIRECTLY RELATED TO LYMPHEDEMA AND/OR LYMPHATIC DISEASES RESEARCH.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (B) "LYMPHEDEMA" SHALL MEAN AN ACCUMULATION OF LYMPHATIC FLUID IN  THE
 INTERSTITIAL  TISSUE THAT CAUSES SWELLING, MOST OFTEN IN THE ARMS AND/OR
 LEGS, AND OCCASIONALLY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY, FROM ANY CAUSE.
   (C)  "LYMPHATIC DISEASES" SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:  INSUF-
 FICIENCY OF LYMPHATIC CIRCULATORY FUNCTION  (TO  INCLUDE  ALL  FORMS  OF
 LYMPHEDEMA),  LIPEDEMA,  COMPLEX  CONGENITAL  DISEASES  OF THE LYMPHATIC
 VASCULATURE,  INCLUDING  LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS,   LYMPHANGIOLEIO-MYOMATOSIS,
 LYMPHANGIECTASIAS,  LYMPHANGIOMAS,  CYSTIC  HYGROMAS,  GORHAM'S DISEASE,
 LYMPHANGIOSARCOMA, AND COMPLEX VASCULAR/LYMPHATIC MALFORMATIONS.
   3. IN ADDITION TO SUCH OTHER CRITERIA AS THE FOUNDATION MAY  ADOPT  IN
 RULES  AND  REGULATIONS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE FOUNDATION SHALL:
   (A) DETERMINE THAT THE APPLICANT IS UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUFFICIENT  FUND-
 ING  ON  REASONABLE TERMS FROM OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SOURCES TO PERMIT
 THE INSTITUTION'S PLANNED INVESTMENT TO  PROCEED  WITHOUT  THE  REQUIRED
 ASSISTANCE;
   (B) GIVE PRIORITY TO THOSE APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM BIOMEDICAL
 RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS THAT SECURE PRIVATE SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH OR COMMIT
 NEW  RESOURCES  TO  THE  EXPANSION  OF LYMPHEDEMA AND LYMPHATIC DISEASES
 RESEARCH; AND
   (C) CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL LONG TERM ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO THE STATE OF
 AWARDING THE SPECIFIC GRANT AND WHETHER  THE  GRANT  WILL  RESULT  IN  A
 REASONABLE  LIKELIHOOD  OF  SUCCESS IN MEETING THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH IT
 WAS SOUGHT BY THE APPLICANT.
   4. THE FOUNDATION, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,  MAY
 APPLY TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
 OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE FEDERAL, PUBLIC, AND
 PRIVATE  ENTITIES  FOR  FUNDING. SUCH MONIES SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE
 LYMPHEDEMA AND LYMPHATIC DISEASES RESEARCH AND  EDUCATION  FUND,  ESTAB-
 LISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-AA OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   5.  THE  FOUNDATION  SHALL  SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND TO ANY OTHER  STATE
 LEGISLATOR  AT  HIS  OR  HER  REQUEST, A REPORT ON THE GRANTS PROGRAM BY
 SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN  AND  ANNUALLY  THEREAFTER.  SUCH
 REPORT  SHALL  INCLUDE, FOR EACH GRANT AWARDED, THE NAME AND LOCATION OF
 THE RECIPIENT, A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCT, DEVICE,  TECHNIQUE,  SYSTEM
 OR  PROCESS BEING RESEARCHED AND DEVELOPED, THE RECIPIENT'S RELATIONSHIP
 TO THE RESEARCH INSTITUTION, THE AMOUNT AND USE OF THE GRANT, THE  TOTAL
 PROJECT  COST,  AND  SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS THE FOUNDATION SHALL DEEM
 APPROPRIATE. SUCH REPORT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A LIST OF ALL APPLICANTS AND
 THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION, REGARDLESS OF RECEIVING A GRANT, IN ORDER  TO
 HELP DEMONSTRATE THE NEED FOR FUTURE FUNDS.
   6.  NOTHING  IN  THIS SECTION SHALL REQUIRE THE FOUNDATION TO DISCLOSE
 ANY MATTERS INVOLVING CONFIDENTIAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR  WORK  PROD-
 UCT,  WHETHER  PATENTABLE  OR NOT, INCLUDING ANY FORMULA, PLAN, PATTERN,
 PROCESS, TOOL, MECHANISM, COMPOUND, PROCEDURE, PRODUCTION DATA OR COMPI-
 LATION OF INFORMATION, WHICH IS NOT PATENTED, BUT WHICH IS KNOWN ONLY TO
 CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE USING IT TO FABRICATE, PRODUCE  OR  COMPOUND
 AN  ARTICLE  OF TRADE OR SERVICE HAVING COMMERCIAL VALUE AND WHICH GIVES
 ITS USER AN OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN A BUSINESS ADVANTAGE OVER  COMPETITORS
 WHO DO NOT KNOW IT OR USE IT.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-aa to
 read as follows:
   §  99-AA.  LYMPHEDEMA  AND  LYMPHATIC  DISEASES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
 FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE AND THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE

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 KNOWN AS THE LYMPHEDEMA AND LYMPHATIC DISEASES  RESEARCH  AND  EDUCATION
 FUND, HEREAFTER THE "FUND".
   2.  SUCH  FUND  SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONIES 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 LYMPHEDEMA AND  LYMP-
 HATIC  DISEASES  RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT OF HEALTH.
   4. (A) "LYMPHEDEMA" SHALL MEAN AN ACCUMULATION OF LYMPHATIC  FLUID  IN
 THE  INTERSTITIAL  TISSUE  THAT  CAUSES SWELLING, MOST OFTEN IN THE ARMS
 AND/OR LEGS, AND OCCASIONALLY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY, REGARDLESS  OF
 CAUSE.
   (B)  "LYMPHATIC DISEASES" SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:  INSUF-
 FICIENCY OF LYMPHATIC CIRCULATORY FUNCTION  (TO  INCLUDE  ALL  FORMS  OF
 LYMPHEDEMA),  LIPEDEMA,  COMPLEX  CONGENITAL  DISEASES  OF THE LYMPHATIC
 VASCULATURE,  INCLUDING  LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS,   LYMPHANGIOLEIO-MYOMATOSIS,
 LYMPHANGIECTASIAS,  LYMPHANGIOMAS,  CYSTIC  HYGROMAS,  GORHAM'S DISEASE,
 LYMPHANGIOSARCOMA, AND COMPLEX VASCULAR/LYMPHATIC MALFORMATIONS.
   (C)  "LYMPHEDEMA  AND  LYMPHATIC  DISEASES  RESEARCH   AND   EDUCATION
 PROJECTS" SHALL MEAN RESEARCH BY QUALIFIED RESEARCHERS, AS DETERMINED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, TO STIMULATE RESEARCH ON THE PATHOGENESIS AND
 NEW TREATMENTS FOR LYMPHEDEMA AND LYMPHATIC DISEASES. EDUCATION PROJECTS
 ARE THOSE PROJECTS WHICH PROMOTE AND PROVIDE INFORMATION  ON  LYMPHEDEMA
 AND  LYMPHATIC  DISEASES  INCLUDING:   PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT,
 LONG-TERM CHRONIC CARE, AND/OR RESEARCH BY  QUALIFIED  ORGANIZATIONS  AS
 DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
   5.  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.
   6.  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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.