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- Reported and committed to finance
- Print number 553a
- Amend and recommit to health
- Referred to health
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to health
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Provides for taxpayer gifts for lupus education and prevention, and establishes the lupus education and prevention fund and outreach program
In Senate Committee · Health · Sponsor Crystal Peoples-Stokes
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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 lupus education and prevention, and establishing the lupus education and prevention fund and outreach program
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill establishes the lupus education and prevention fund which will be financed by optional contributions derived from a taxpayer check-off placed on all corporate and personal income tax forms.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 describes the legislative intent of the debilitating autoimmune disease called Lupus.
Section 2 creates the lupus health care and wellness education and outreach program within the Department of Health.
Section 3 amends 207 (7) of the public health law to allow for grants to be made to public or not-for-profit entities within the health care and wellness education and outreach programs.
Sections 4 and 5, adds new sections, 209-j and 630-e to the tax law, respectively, to allow corporate and individual taxpayers the option to contribute to the lung cancer education and prevention program, via a tax check-off on the tax return.
Section 6, adds a new section, 97-pppp, to the state finance law, to establish the lupus education and prevention fund under the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance and the state comptroller. Monies received into this fund will be used to finance programs to educate the public about lupus.
Justification
Lupus, a disease a lot of people have never heard of, is a serious, complex, debilitating autoimmune disease that can cause inflammation and tissue damage to virtually any organ system in the body. This bill provides a way to raise funds for an education and prevention program by having a voluntarily taxpayer check-off on both individual and corporate taxpayer tax forms. These funds will be used for educate the public regarding this disease and to increase its awareness.
Prior legislative history
2011-12: S.1175/A.460 - Referred to Health/Passed to Assembly 2010: S.7187 Vetoed A.8882-A Vetoed
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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