What's happening
This bill allows New York taxpayers to donate to a new Diabetes Research and Education Fund via their tax returns.
Why it matters
Creates a dedicated state fund for diabetes research and education, ensuring that all donations are used exclusively for scientific and educational projects approved by the Department of Health.
Enables both individual and corporate taxpayers to easily contribute any whole dollar amount on their state tax returns, potentially increasing funding streams for diabetes initiatives without reducing tax revenue.
Requires annual public reporting on how the fund’s money is spent—including amounts distributed, recipients, and purposes—promoting transparency and accountability in the use of donations.
Allows the fund to also accept grants, gifts, and bequests from other sources, which could further augment resources available for diabetes research and education in New York State.
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Fund Diabetes Research via Taxes
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Sponsors
6 Co-sponsors
3 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to investigations and government operations
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Amended on third reading 5540c
- Ordered to third reading cal.391
- Returned to assembly
- Died in senate
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.108
- Rules report cal.108
Show 7 earlier actions
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Print number 5540b
- Amend and recommit to ways and means
- Print number 5540a
- Amend and recommit to ways and means
- Referred to ways and means
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Tax Check-Offs for Diabetes Fund
In Senate Committee · Investigations And Government Operations · Sponsor Kemp Hannon
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5540--C Cal. No. 391
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 10, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, GUNTHER, JOYNER, ARROYO, DAVILA, HOOPER, SEPULVEDA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONALD, SCHIM- MINGER, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to providing for taxpayer gifts for diabetes research and education and establishing the diabetes research and education fund
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 209-L to read as follows:
§ 209-L. Gift for diabetes research and education. Effective for any tax year commencing on or after the effective date of this section, a taxpayer in any taxable year may elect to contribute to the support of the diabetes research and education 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 diabetes research and education fund and shall be used only for those purposes enumerated in section eighty-nine-i of the state finance law.
§ 2. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 630-f to read as follows:
§ 630-f. Gift for diabetes research and education. Effective for any tax year commencing on or after the effective date of this section, an individual in any taxable year may elect to contribute to the diabetes
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03740-05-8
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research and education 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 pursuant to this section shall be credited to the diabetes research and education fund and used only for those purposes enumerated in section eighty-nine-i of the state finance law.
§ 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 89-i to read as follows:
§ 89-i. Diabetes research and education 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 "diabetes research and education 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-L and 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 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 diabetes research and educational projects. As used in this section, "diabetes research and education projects" means scientific research or educational projects, including demonstration and education grants for diabetes education research, 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.
6. On or before the first day of February each year, the comptroller shall certify to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee and chair of the assembly ways and means committee, the amount of money deposited in the diabetes research and education fund during the preceding calendar year as the result of revenue derived pursuant to sections two hundred nine-L and six hundred thirty-f of the tax law.
7. 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 committee, chair of the assembly ways and means committee, chair of the senate committee on health, chair of the assembly health committee, and the public. Such report shall include how the monies of the fund were utilized during the preceding calendar year and shall include:
(i) the amount of money dispersed from the fund;
(ii) recipients of awards from the fund;
(iii) the amount awarded to each; and
(iv) the purposes for which such awards were granted.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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