New York S 244: Provides for corporate franchise tax and personal income tax check-offs for taxpayer gifts for diabetes research and education; establishes diabetes fund

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S00244 Summary:

BILL NOS00244 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02497

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SPONSORPERSAUD

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COSPNSRCOONEY, MURRAY, WALCZYK, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Establishes a fiscal cliff task force to conduct a study on fiscal cliffs in the state's public assistance programs and to make recommendations related thereto.

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BILL NOS00244 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

02/04/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/29/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/29/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1458

06/04/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A2497

&nbspA02497 AMEND= Davila

&nbsp01/17/2025referred to social services

&nbsp05/20/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp05/29/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/04/2025reported 

&nbsp06/04/2025rules report cal.378

&nbsp06/04/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.378

&nbsp06/04/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/04/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/04/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/04/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S244

&nbsp06/04/20253RD READING CAL.1458

&nbsp06/04/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/04/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/01/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/05/2025vetoed memo.61

&nbsp12/05/2025tabled

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 244

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. PERSAUD, COONEY, MURRAY, WEBB -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Social Services

 AN ACT establishing a fiscal cliff task force to conduct a study on
 fiscal cliffs in the state's public assistance programs and to make
 recommendations related thereto; and providing for the repeal of such
 provision upon expiration thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. (a) There is hereby established a fiscal cliff task force
 2 to study fiscal cliffs in the state's public assistance programs and
 3 make recommendations on how to reduce and eliminate such fiscal cliffs.
 4 For the purposes of this section, the term "fiscal cliff" shall mean a
 5 sudden decrease in public benefits that can occur with a small increase
 6 in earnings.
 7 (b) (i) The task force shall consist of nineteen members, each to
 8 serve for a term ending December 31, 2027. Such members shall be
 9 appointed as follows: two members shall be appointed by the temporary
 10 president of the senate; one member shall be appointed by the minority
 11 leader of the senate; two members shall be appointed by the speaker of
 12 the assembly; one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of
 13 the assembly; five members shall be appointed by the governor; three
 14 local social services district commissioners or their designees having
 15 relevant experience in administering public benefits shall be appointed
 16 by the governor, of which one district shall have five million or more
 17 inhabitants; the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability
 18 assistance or his or her designee; the commissioner of health or his or
 19 her designee; the commissioner of taxation and finance or his or her
 20 designee; the commissioner of the department of labor or his or her
 21 designee; the commissioner of the office of children and family services

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00920-01-5

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 1 or his or her designee. Appointments shall be made within sixty days of
 2 the effective date of this section. Vacancies in the task force shall be
 3 filled in the manner provided for original appointments.
 4 (ii) All appointments shall be coordinated to ensure geographic repre-
 5 sentation from the entire state.
 6 (iii) The task force shall elect a chair, vice-chair, and other neces-
 7 sary officers from among all appointed members.
 8 (iv) A majority of the members of the task force then in office shall
 9 constitute a quorum for the transaction of business or the exercise of
 10 any power or function