Senate Bill S7209

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes a municipal epinephrine bulk purchase program and fund and provides for taxpayer gifts thereto

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S7209 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §206, Pub Health L; add §§209-N & 630-h, Tax L; add §97-tttt, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S1147

2019-S7209 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a municipal epinephrine bulk purchase program to enable municipalities to make bulk purchases of epinephrine for use by municipal first responder agencies and elementary and secondary schools in such municipality and provides for taxpayer gifts thereto.

2019-S7209 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7209 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7209
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
   municipal  epinephrine bulk purchase program; and to amend the tax law
   and the state finance law, in relation to establishing  the  municipal
   epinephrine bulk purchase fund and providing for taxpayer gifts there-
   to
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 31 to read as follows:
   31. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO APPROVE AND IMPLEMENT A  MUNICI-
 PAL  EPINEPHRINE BULK PURCHASE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ASSIST MUNICIPALITIES
 TO MAKE BULK PURCHASES OF EPINEPHRINE FOR USE BY MUNICIPAL FIRST RESPON-
 DER AGENCIES AND ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SUCH  MUNICIPALITY.
 THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY  ESTABLISH  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO
 ASSISTING  MUNICIPALITIES  WITH  THE  PURCHASING  AND  DISTRIBUTION   OF
 EPINEPHRINE BY MUNICIPALITIES.
   §  2.  The tax law is amended by adding a new section 209-N to read as
 follows:
   § 209-N. GIFT FOR MUNICIPAL EPINEPHRINE BULK PURCHASES. A TAXPAYER  IN
 ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUPPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL
 EPINEPHRINE  BULK PURCHASE 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 MUNICIPAL  EPINEPHRINE
 BULK  PURCHASE FUND AND SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED
 IN SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-TTTT OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 3. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 630-h to  read  as
 follows:
   § 630-H. GIFT  FOR MUNICIPAL EPINEPHRINE BULK PURCHASES. AN INDIVIDUAL
 IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MUNICIPAL EPINEPHRINE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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