New York S 5136: Relates to the New York state vaccination awareness campaign

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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5136--B
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 10, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. CARLUCCI, HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to a New York state
vaccination awareness campaign; and 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 the New York state vaccination awareness
campaign and certain reporting requirements
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2 2509 to read as follows:
3 § 2509. New York state vaccination awareness campaign. 1. The depart-
4 ment shall establish, and shall contract with a consultant to promote
5 and maintain the New York state vaccination awareness campaign consist-
6 ent with the immunization schedule established by the centers for
7 disease control and prevention and the advisory committee on immuniza-
8 tion practices.
9 2. The commissioner may enter into a multi-year contract for the oper-
10 ation and promotion of the New York state vaccination awareness campaign
11 subject to such terms and conditions as may be contained within such
12 contract with a not-for-profit organization that has experience working
13 with New York state organizations that have expertise in immunization
14 and vaccination promotional campaigns, and is affiliated with the immun-
15 ization and vaccination community throughout the state. The contractor
16 may subcontract as needed for the effective performance of the contract.
17 All such subcontractors and the terms of such subcontracts shall be
18 subject to approval by the commissioner.
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 3. The contractor shall make a report, including but not limited to,
2 the following:
3 (a) the annual dollar amount of voluntary contributions received by
4 the contractor for the purposes of maintaining the New York state immun-
5 ization educational and promotional campaigns and initiatives;
6 (b) a description of the promotional campaigns and initiatives imple-
7 mented during the year; and
8 (c) accounting statements of expenditures for the purposes of main-
9 taining the promotional campaigns and initiatives.
10 4. (a) For the period April first, two thousand twenty through March
11 thirty-first, two thousand twenty-one, payments to the contractor shall
12 be paid by the department.
13 (b) For the period beginning April first, two thousand twenty-one and
14 thereafter, payments to the contractor shall be paid by the department
15 from funds available for these purposes, including, but not limited to,
16 the funds deposited into the New York state vaccination awareness
17 campaign fund pursuant to section ninety-five-j of the state finance
18 law.
19 (c) In addition, the contractor may receive and use voluntary contrib-
20 utions.
21 § 2. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 630-g to read as
22 follows:
23 § 630-g. Gift for the New York state vaccination awareness campaign.
24 Effective for any tax year commencing on or after January first, two
25 thousand twenty, an individual in any taxable year may elect to contrib-
26 ute to the New York state vaccination awareness campaign fund. The
27 contribution shall be in any whole dollar amount and shall not reduce
28 the amount of state tax owed by such individual. The commissioner shall
29 include space on the personal income tax return to enable a taxpayer to
30 make such contribution. Notwithstanding any other provision of law all
31 revenues collected pursuant to this section shall be credited to the New
32 York state vaccination awareness campaign fund and used only for those
33 purposes enumerated in section ninety-five-j of the state finance law.
34 § 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 95-j to
35 read as follows:
36 § 95-j. New York state vaccination awareness campaign fund. 1. There
37 is hereby established in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxa-
38 tion and finance and the comptroller, a special fund to be known as the
39 "New York state vaccination awareness campaign fund".
40 2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to the
41 provisions of section twenty-five hundred nine of the public health law
42 and section six hundred thirty-g of the tax law, all revenues received
43 pursuant to appropriations by the legislature, and all moneys appropri-
44 ated, credited, or transferred thereto fr