New York § 95-E - 95-ENew York State prostate and testicular cancer research and education fund

§ 95-E. 95-ENew York State prostate and testicular cancer research and education fund

* § 95-e. New York State prostate and testicular cancer 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 "New York State prostate and testicular cancer research and education fund". 2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to the provisions of section four hundred four-q of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter five hundred twenty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-nine, and sections two hundred nine-E and six hundred thirty of the tax law, all revenues received pursuant to appropriations by the legislature, and all moneys appropriated, credited, or transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law. For each state fiscal year, there shall be appropriated to the fund by the state, in addition to all other moneys required to be deposited into such fund, an amount equal to the amounts of monies collected and deposited into the fund pursuant to section four hundred four-q of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter five hundred twenty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-nine, and sections two hundred nine-E and six hundred thirty of the tax law during the preceding calendar year, as certified by the comptroller. 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. Any interest received by the comptroller on moneys on deposit in such fund shall be retained in and become part of such fund. 3. (a) Moneys of the fund, following appropriation by the legislature and allocation by the director of the budget, shall be made available to the commissioner of health to provide grants for the purpose of advancing and financing prostate and testicular cancer research, support programs and education projects. (b) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of section one hundred sixty-three of the state finance law, the commissioner of health is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts under paragraph (a) of this subdivision without a competitive bid or request for proposal process, provided, however, that: (i) The department of health shall post on its website, for a period of no less than thirty days: (1) A description of the proposed services to be provided pursuant to the contract or contracts; (2) The criteria for selection of a contractor or contractors; (3) The period of time during which a prospective contractor may seek selection, which shall be no less than thirty days after such information is first posted on the website; and (4) The manner by which a prospective contractor may seek such selection, which may include submission by electronic means; (ii) All reasonable and responsive submissions that are received from prospective contractors in timely fashion shall be reviewed by the commissioner of health; and (iii) The commissioner of health shall select such contractor or contractors that, in his or her discretion, are best suited to serve the purposes of this section. 4. (a) 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 by source in the New York State prostate and testicular cancer research and education fund during the preceding calendar year as the result of revenue derived pursuant to section four hundred four-q of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter five hundred twenty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-nine, and sections two hundred nine-E and six hundred thirty of the tax law and from all other sources. (b) 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, the state comptroller and the public. Such report shall include how monies of the fund were utilized during the preceding calendar year and shall include: (i) the amount of money disbursed from the fund and the award process used for such disbursements; (ii) recipients of awards from the fund; (iii) the amount awarded to each; (iv) the purposes for which such awards were granted; and (v) a summary financial plan for such monies which shall include estimates of all receipts and all disbursements for the current and succeeding fiscal years, along with the actual results from the prior fiscal year. 5. Moneys shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved by the comptroller. * NB There are 2 § 95-e's