NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9100
SPONSOR: Steck TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring a quar-
terly report on the opioid stewardship fund
PURPOSE:
To ensure that Opioid Stewardship Funds are being utilized in an expedi-
ent manner to combat the substance use disorder crisis.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Section 97-aaaaa of the state finance law is amended by
adding a new 'subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. The relevant commissioners shall submit a quarterly report to the
temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the
chairs of the senate and assembly committees on alcoholism and drug
abuse, that shall include, but not be limited to, the amount of the
funds currently held in the opioid Stewardship fund, the amounts
disbursed that quarter, the names, addresses, and amounts awarded to the
recipients, and the names, addresses, and the amounts received by the
recipients, for such quarter. Such quarterly report shall be compiled
with previously submitted quarterly reports.
§ 2. Effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
We have no accounting as to how this revenue stream is spent. This
legislation provides for a basic financial report of funds disbursed in
that quarter, including the names of the recipients, amounts awarded,
and the date the funds are received by the recipients.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9100
IN ASSEMBLY
February 7, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring a quar-
terly report on the opioid stewardship fund
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 97-aaaaa of the state finance law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
3 8. The commissioner of the office of addiction services and supports
4 and the commissioner of the department of health shall submit a quarter-
5 ly report to the opioid settlement board, the temporary president of the
6 senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the chairs of the senate and
7 assembly committees on alcoholism and drug abuse, that shall include,
8 but not be limited to, the amount of the funds currently held in the
9 opioid stewardship fund, the amounts disbursed that quarter, the names,
10 addresses, and amounts awarded to the recipients, and the names,
11 addresses, and the amounts received by the recipients, for such quarter.
12 Such quarterly report shall be compiled with previously submitted quar-
13 terly reports.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
15 the amendments to section 97-aaaaa of the state finance law made by
16 section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
17 shall be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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