N.Y. State Finance Law § 97-aaaaa: Opioid stewardship fund

* § 97-aaaaa. Opioid stewardship fund. 1. There is hereby established

in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of

taxation and finance an account of the miscellaneous special revenue

account to be known as the "opioid stewardship fund".

2. Moneys in opioid stewardship fund shall be kept separate and shall

not be commingled with any other moneys in the custody of the state

comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance.

3. The opioid stewardship fund shall consist of moneys appropriated

for the purpose of such account, moneys transferred to such account

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 moneys required by the provisions of this section or any

other law to be paid into or credited to this account.

4. Moneys of the opioid stewardship fund, when allocated, shall be

available, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, to

support programs operated by the New York state office of alcoholism and

substance abuse services or agencies certified, authorized, approved or

otherwise funded by the New York state office of alcoholism and

substance abuse services to provide opioid treatment, recovery and

prevention and education services; and to provide support for the

prescription monitoring program registry as established pursuant to

section thirty-three hundred forty-three-a of the public health law.

5. At the request of the budget director, the state comptroller shall

transfer moneys to support the costs of opioid treatment, recovery,

prevention, education services, and other related programs, from the

opioid stewardship fund to any other fund of the state to support this

purpose.

6. (i) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law,

no moneys shall be available from the opioid stewardship fund until a

certificate of allocation and a schedule of amounts to be available

therefor shall have been issued by the director of the budget, upon the

recommendation of the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and

substance abuse services, and a copy of such certificate filed with the

comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance committee and the

chairman of the assembly ways and means committee.

(ii) Such certificate may be amended from time to time by the director

of the budget, upon the recommendation of the commissioner of the office

of alcoholism and substance abuse services, and a copy of such amendment

shall be filed with the comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance

committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means committee.

7. The moneys, when allocated, shall be paid out of the opioid

stewardship fund, pursuant to subdivision four of this section, and

subject to the approval of the director of the budget, on the audit and

warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by (i) the

commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services or

his or her designee; or (ii) the commissioner of the department of

health or his or her designee.

* NB Repealed June 30, 2029