NY State Senate Bill 2017-S4487B

Senate Bill S4487B

Signed By Governor

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Creates a personal income tax check-off box for donations to the school-based health centers fund

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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Oct 01, 2018	signed chap.293
Sep 19, 2018	delivered to governor
Jun 07, 2018	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1640 substituted for s4487b
Jun 07, 2018	substituted by a2660b ordered to third reading cal.1640 committee discharged and committed to rules
Mar 12, 2018	print number 4487b
Mar 12, 2018	amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
Jan 03, 2018	referred to investigations and government operations
May 19, 2017	print number 4487a
May 19, 2017	amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
Feb 15, 2017	referred to investigations and government operations

Votes

- Jun 7, 2018 - Floor Vote
  A2660
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 7, 2018
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Mayer
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      excused (2)
      
      Amedore
      
      Croci
  Jun 7, 2018 - Rules Committee Vote
  S4487B
  
  24
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 7, 2018
      
      aye (24)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Little

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

co-Sponsors

2017-S4487 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2660
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Add §630-f, Tax L; add §99-bb, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S4158, A6536
2011-2012: S326, A306
2013-2014: S1378, A2577
2015-2016: S971, A4913

2017-S4487 - Summary

Creates a personal income tax check-off box for donations to the school-based health centers fund; creates the school-based health centers fund; specifies the use for which moneys of the fund may be expended.

2017-S4487 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4487 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4487
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MONTGOMERY,  COMRIE,  LATIMER  --  read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Investigations and Government Operations
 
 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:
   §  630-E.  GIFT FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS. EFFECTIVE FOR ANY TAX
 YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN,  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 COMMIS-
 SIONER 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 PURSU-
 ANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS
 FUND AND USED ONLY FOR THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN SECTION NINETY-NINE-
 AA OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-aa to
 read as follows:
   § 99-AA. SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS FUND. 1. THERE IS  HEREBY  ESTAB-
 LISHED  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".
   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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD07760-01-7

 S. 4487                             2
 
 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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2017-S4487A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2660
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Add §630-f, Tax L; add §99-bb, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S4158, A6536
2011-2012: S326, A306
2013-2014: S1378, A2577
2015-2016: S971, A4913

2017-S4487A - Summary

2017-S4487A - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4487A

 TITLE OF BILL :

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

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL :

This bill creates a voluntary NYS income tax check-off box for the
funding of school based health centers. Contributions shall be made in
whole dollar amounts. Such funds shall be deposited in the
"school-based health centers fund" in the custody of the Comptroller
to be used by the Department of Health to fund expansion of medical
services at existing school based health sites or to establish new
sites.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

The tax law is amended by adding a new section 630-e The state finance
law is amended by adding a new section 81.

 JUSTIFICATION :

For school-age children and youth in high need areas, School Based

Health Clinics are the first line of defense against costly
hospitalizations because they provide preventive services for such
chronic conditions as epileptic seizures, asthma, diabetes,
gastroenteritis, urinary tract infections, nutritional deficiencies,
and pelvic inflammatory disease. Mental health services offered at
some of these clinics have produced significant declines in depression
and improvements in wellness. Creation of an income tax check off will
permit expansion of services and development of new sites to provide
these vital health services.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2006 - A9980-A - Referred to Ways and Means;
2007/08 - A5952 Referred to Ways and Means;
2009/10 - A6536B - Referred to Rules;
2011/12 - A306A - Passed-Assembly;
2013 - A2577-A Passed Assembly; Senate.
2003-2013; Died in Committee;
2014 - S.1378 A Referred to investigations and government operations.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :

$2 million in new revenue projected

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately

2017-S4487A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4487--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MONTGOMERY,  COMRIE,  LATIMER  --  read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Investigations and Government Operations -- committee discharged, bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee

 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:
   § 630-E. GIFT FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS. EFFECTIVE FOR  ANY  TAX
 YEAR  COMMENCING  ON  OR  AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, 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  COMMIS-
 SIONER  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 PURSU-
 ANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS
 FUND AND USED ONLY FOR THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN SECTION NINETY-NINE-
 BB OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-bb to
 read as follows:
   §  99-BB.  SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTAB-
 LISHED 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.

                                                            LBD07760-03-7

 S. 4487--A                          2
 
   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.  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 COMMIT-
 TEE,  CHAIR  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, THE STATE COMP-
 TROLLER AND THE PUBLIC. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE HOW THE MONIES OF  THE
 FUND  WERE  UTILIZED  DURING  THE  PRECEDING  CALENDAR  YEAR,  AND SHALL
 INCLUDE:
   A. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY DISPERSED FROM THE FUND AND THE  AWARD  PROCESS
 USED FOR SUCH DISBURSEMENTS;
   B. RECIPIENTS OF AWARDS FROM THE FUND;
   C. THE AMOUNT AWARDED TO EACH;
   D. THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH SUCH AWARDS WERE GRANTED; AND
   E.  A SUMMARY FINANCIAL PLAN FOR SUCH MONIES WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ESTI-
 MATES OF ALL RECEIPTS AND ALL DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE CURRENT AND SUCCEED-
 ING FISCAL YEARS, ALONG WITH THE ACTUAL RESULTS FROM  THE  PRIOR  FISCAL
 YEAR.
   4.  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.
   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.  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.
   7. 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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2017-S4487B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2660
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Add §630-f, Tax L; add §99-bb, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S4158, A6536
2011-2012: S326, A306
2013-2014: S1378, A2577
2015-2016: S971, A4913

2017-S4487B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S4487B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4487B

SPONSOR: MONTGOMERY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL:

This bill creates a personal income tax check-off box for donations to
the school-based health centers fund. Contributions shall be made in
whole dollar amounts. Such funds shall be deposited in the "school-based
health centers fund" in the custody of the Comptroller to be used by the
Department of Health to fund expansion of medical services at existing
school based health sites or to establish new sites.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-bb to create

a new school-based health centers fund in the joint custody of the comp-
troller and the commissioner of health.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

For school-age children and youth in high need areas, School Based
Health Clinics are the first line of defense against costly hospitaliza-
tions because they provide preventive services for such chronic condi-
tions as epileptic seizures, asthma, diabetes, gastroenteritis, urinary
tract infections, nutritional deficiencies, and pelvic inflammatory
disease. Mental health services offered at some of these clinics have
produced significant declines in depression and improvements in well-
ness. Creation of an income tax check off will permit expansion of
services and development of new sites to provide these vital health
services.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2011/12 - A306A - Passed-Assembly;
2013 - A2577-A Passed Assembly; Senate.
2003-2013; Died in Committee;
2014 - S.1378 A Referred to investigations and government operations.
2016 - Passed Assembly, Died in the Senate and Referred to Investi-
gations and Government Operations.
2017 - Passed Assembly, Died in the Senate and returned to the Assembly

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

$2 million in new revenue projected

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

2017-S4487B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4487--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MONTGOMERY, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Investi-
   gations  and  Government  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee  --  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-f  to
 read as follows:
   §  630-F.  GIFT FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS. EFFECTIVE FOR ANY TAX
 YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN,  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 COMMIS-
 SIONER 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 PURSU-
 ANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS
 FUND AND USED ONLY FOR THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN SECTION NINETY-NINE-
 BB OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-bb to
 read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07760-05-8

 S. 4487--B                          2
 
   § 99-BB. SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS FUND. 1. THERE IS  HEREBY  ESTAB-
 LISHED  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".
   2.  SUCH  FUND  SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE
 PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-F 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. 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 COMMIT-
 TEE, CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS  COMMITTEE,  THE  STATE  COMP-
 TROLLER  AND THE PUBLIC. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE HOW THE MONIES OF THE
 FUND WERE  UTILIZED  DURING  THE  PRECEDING  CALENDAR  YEAR,  AND  SHALL
 INCLUDE:
   A.  THE  AMOUNT OF MONEY DISPERSED FROM THE FUND AND THE AWARD PROCESS
 USED FOR SUCH DISBURSEMENTS;
   B. RECIPIENTS OF AWARDS FROM THE FUND;
   C. THE AMOUNT AWARDED TO EACH;
   D. THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH SUCH AWARDS WERE GRANTED; AND
   E. A SUMMARY FINANCIAL PLAN FOR SUCH MONIES WHICH SHALL INCLUDE  ESTI-
 MATES OF ALL RECEIPTS AND ALL DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE CURRENT AND SUCCEED-
 ING  FISCAL  YEARS,  ALONG WITH THE ACTUAL RESULTS FROM THE PRIOR FISCAL
 YEAR.
   4. 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.
   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. 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.
   7.  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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S4487B

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Sponsored By

Velmanette Montgomery

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A2660 - Signed by Governor

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

Leroy Comrie

George Latimer

2017-S4487 - Details

2017-S4487 - Summary

2017-S4487 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4487 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Leroy Comrie

2017-S4487A - Details

2017-S4487A - Summary

2017-S4487A - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4487A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Leroy Comrie

Luis R. Sepúlveda

2017-S4487B (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S4487B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S4487B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4487B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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