Senate Bill S5902

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides taxpayer gifts for women's cancers education and prevention; establishes the women's cancers education and prevention fund

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A382 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S5902 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A382
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §207, Pub Health L; add §209-I & Art 22 Part 2 §630-d, Tax L; add §97-llll, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
S5871, A5689

2015-S5902 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for taxpayer gifts for women's cancers education and prevention; establishes the women's cancers education and prevention fund; defines women's cancer to mean and include cervical, endometrial, gestational trophoblastic tumor, ovarian, uterine sarcoma, vaginal, and vulvar.

2015-S5902 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5902 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5902

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the public health law, the tax law and the state finance
  law, in relation to providing for taxpayer gifts for  women's  cancers
  education  and  prevention and establishing the women's cancers educa-
  tion and prevention fund

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1 of section 207 of the public health law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (l) to read as follows:
  (L) THE DANGERS OF WOMEN'S CANCERS,  INCLUDING  WAYS  TO  PREVENT  AND
SEVERITY  OF  SUCH  DISEASES.    FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, WOMEN'S
CANCERS SHALL MEAN AND  INCLUDE:    CERVICAL,  ENDOMETRIAL,  GESTATIONAL
TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR, OVARIAN, UTERINE SARCOMA, VAGINAL, AND VULVAR.
  S  2.  The tax law is amended by adding a new section 209-I to read as
follows:
  S 209-I. GIFT FOR WOMEN'S CANCERS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION.  A TAXPAY-
ER IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO  THE  SUPPORT  OF  THE
WOMEN'S  CANCERS  EDUCATION AND PREVENTION FUND. SUCH CONTRIBUTION SHALL
BE IN ANY WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE  THE  AMOUNT  OF  THE
STATE TAX OWED BY SUCH TAXPAYER. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON
THE  CORPORATE  INCOME  TAX  RETURN  TO  ENABLE  A TAXPAYER TO MAKE SUCH
CONTRIBUTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW,  ALL  REVENUES
COLLECTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE WOMEN'S
CANCERS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION FUND AND SHALL BE USED ONLY  FOR  THOSE
PURPOSES  ENUMERATED  IN  SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-LLLL OF THE STATE FINANCE
LAW.
  S 3. Part 2 of article 22 of the tax law is amended by  adding  a  new
section 630-d to read as follows:
  S  630-D. GIFT FOR WOMEN'S CANCERS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION.  AN INDI-
VIDUAL IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR  MAY  ELECT  TO  CONTRIBUTE  TO  THE  WOMEN'S

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04238-03-5
              

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