** § 99-ss. Suicide prevention fund. 1. There is hereby established in
the joint custody of the comptroller, the commissioner of taxation and
finance, and the office of mental health, a fund, to be known as the
"suicide prevention fund".

2. Such fund shall consist of moneys required to be deposited thereto
pursuant to article forty-seven of the general business law and all
other moneys appropriated, credited, or transferred thereto from any
other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this section
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.

3. Moneys of the fund shall be made available to the office of mental
health for initiatives supporting suicide prevention, education, and
awareness.

4. The commissioner of the office of mental health shall include in
its written report pursuant to subdivision (g) of section 7.07 of the
mental hygiene law how the moneys of the fund were utilized during the
preceding fiscal year, and shall include:

(a) the amount of money disbursed from the fund and the award process
used for such disbursements;

(b) recipients of awards from the fund;

(c) the amount awarded to each; and

(d) the purposes for which such awards were granted.

* NB Effective November 5, 2025

* NB There are two § 99-ss's