N.Y. State Finance Law § 99-ss*2: Suicide prevention fund

* § 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.

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