Assembly Actions -
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Assembly Bill A11059
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
REYES
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
John T. McDonald III
Jonathan Jacobson
N. Nick Perry
2019-A11059 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
- Law Section:
- State Finance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §99-ii, St Fin L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
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A2466
2019-A11059 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes an opioid settlement fund from money received by the state as result of the settlement of litigation; provides such funds will be used to support programs that combat substance use and addiction issues, and co-occurring mental illnesses; establishes the opioid settlement board which will provide recommendations on how the opioid settlement fund will be utilized.
2019-A11059 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11059 I N A S S E M B L Y October 7, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Reyes) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing an opioid settlement fund THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-ii to read as follows: § 99-II. OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND". 2. MONEY ALLOCATED TO THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND SHALL BE KEPT SEPA- RATE AND SHALL NOT BE COMMINGLED WITH ANY OTHER FUNDS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER. 3. MONIES EXPENDED FROM SUCH FUND SHALL BE USED TO SUPPLEMENT AND NOT SUPPLANT ANY OTHER FUNDS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN EXPENDED FOR ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE USE ADDICTION PREVENTION OR RECOVERY. 4. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF MONEY RECEIVED BY THE STATE AS A RESULT OF THE SETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION WITH ENTITIES THAT MANUFACTURED, SOLD, DISTRIBUTED OR PROMOTED PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS, PURSUANT TO THE MASTER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BY THE, INTER ALIA, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND ENTITIES THAT MANUFACTURED, SOLD, DISTRIB- UTED OR PROMOTED PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS, AS WELL AS ANY FUNDS RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF A JUDGEMENT, STIPULATION, DECREE, AGREEMENT TO SETTLE, ASSURANCE OF DISCONTINUANCE, OR OTHER LEGAL INSTRUMENT RESOLVING ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND VENDORS OF OPIOIDS ARISING OUT OF ACTIVITIES ALLEGED TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO INCREASES IN OPIOID ADDICTION, WHETHER FILED OR UNFILED, ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL, AND WHETHER ARISING UNDER COMMON LAW, EQUITY, OR ANY PROVISION OF LAW, AND ALL OTHER MONIES APPROPRIATED, CREDITED, OR TRANS- FERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW. ALL MONIES SHALL REMAIN IN SUCH FUND UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY STATUTE. 5. MONIES FROM THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOLLOWING APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE AND MAY ONLY BE EXPENDED ON PROGRAMS TO EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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