2020 New York Laws
STF - State Finance
Article 6 - Funds of the State
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, 2024