NY State Senate Bill 2021-S6212

Senate Bill S6212

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires funds from opioid settlements to be used for the development of new services and supports

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to finance
Apr 15, 2021	referred to finance

2021-S6212 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Add §63-e, Exec L; amd §97-w, St Fin L

2021-S6212 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all funds received by the state as the result of a settlement or a judgement in litigation against opioid manufacturers, distributors, consultants or resellers shall be deposited into the chemical dependence service fund, and that such funds shall not supplant or replace existing state funding.

2021-S6212 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6212

SPONSOR: COONEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law and the state finance law, in relation
to requiring funds from opioid settlements to be used for the develop-
ment of new services and supports

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends the executive law to add a new section 63-e requiring
that all funds received by the state as a result of a settlement or a
judgement in litigation against opioid manufacturers, distributors,
consultants or resellers shall be deposited into the chemical dependence
service fund

Section 2: Requires that funds deposited into the chemical dependence
service fund pursuant to the new section 63-e shall not be used to
supplant or replace current state funding for existing services and
supports, and such moneys shall be sued exclusively for the purpose of
funding new services and supports

Section 3: Establishes the effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill will require that any and all funds received by the state as a
result of a settlement or judgement against opioid manufacturers,
distributors, consultants or resellers shall be deposited into the chem-
ical dependence service fund, and that such funds shall not be used to
supplant or replace current funding for existing services or supports.
Instead, these funds must be used exclusively for the purpose of funding
new services and supports. The funds accrued from these settlements
should be used for the purpose of funding new services and supports for
the recovery community - not to replace existing funding.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S6212 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6212
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 15, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the state finance law, in relation
   to requiring funds from opioid settlements to be used for the develop-
   ment of new services and supports

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The executive law is amended by adding a new section 63-e
 to read as follows:
   § 63-E. DISPOSITION OF OPIOID MANUFACTURER SETTLEMENT FUNDS.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ALL FUNDS  RECEIVED
 BY  THE  STATE AS THE RESULT OF A SETTLEMENT OR A JUDGMENT IN LITIGATION
 AGAINST OPIOID MANUFACTURERS,  DISTRIBUTORS,  CONSULTANTS  OR  RESELLERS
 SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE SERVICE FUND ESTABLISHED
 PURSUANT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  NINETY-SEVEN-W  OF THE STATE
 FINANCE LAW.
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section  97-w  of  the  state  finance  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  398  of  the  laws  of 2004, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Such fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated for the  purpose
 of  such  fund,  all  moneys  transferred  to such fund pursuant to law,
 contributions consisting of promises or grants of any money or  property
 of  any  kind or value, or any other thing of value, including grants or
 other financial assistance from any agency of government and all  moneys
 required  by  the provisions of this section or any other law to be paid
 into or credited to this fund. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF  LAW  TO
 THE  CONTRARY, NO MONEYS TRANSFERRED OR DEPOSITED INTO THE FUND PURSUANT
 TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIXTY-THREE-E OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW SHALL BE
 USED TO SUPPLANT OR REPLACE CURRENT STATE FUNDING FOR EXISTING  SERVICES
 AND  SUPPORTS,  PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, AND
 SUCH MONEYS SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  FUNDING  NEW
 SERVICES AND SUPPORTS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10289-01-1

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