Bill Text: NY A00158 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the traumatic brain injury trust fund; sets out specific criteria for a qualified individual and sets a $3,000 per year and $100,000 lifetime cap for each individual; establishes a traumatic brain injury trust fund authority to administer the fund; requires 10 percent of the surcharge collected on certain vehicle and traffic law violations be deposited into the traumatic brain injury trust fund.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to ways and means [A00158 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00158-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           158
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CAHILL,  THIELE, SIMOTAS, BENEDETTO, ABBATE,
          ORTIZ, McDONOUGH, OTIS, ENGLEBRIGHT, LUPARDO,  RIVERA,  COOK,  D'URSO,
          PALUMBO,  BLAKE,  LAWRENCE, AUBRY, STECK, ABINANTI, WEPRIN, WOERNER --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF, GIGLIO, WALSH -- read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
        AN  ACT  to amend the state finance law and the vehicle and traffic law,
          in relation to the creation of the traumatic brain injury trust fund
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
     2  99-ff to read as follows:
     3    § 99-ff. Traumatic brain injury trust fund. 1. There is hereby  estab-
     4  lished in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commission-
     5  er  of  taxation  and  finance a fund to be known as the traumatic brain
     6  injury trust fund.  A traumatic brain injury trust fund authority  shall
     7  be appointed to administer the traumatic brain injury trust fund.
     8    2.(a) The traumatic brain injury trust fund authority shall consist of
     9  ten  members  serving  for  terms  of  three years. All members shall be
    10  appointed by the governor, five of  whom  shall  be  citizens  who  have
    11  sustained  traumatic  brain injury or members of such persons' immediate
    12  families, no more than one of whom shall reside in the  same  geographic
    13  area of the state. The governor shall appoint the remaining five members
    14  from  recommendations  submitted  by the Brain Injury Association of New
    15  York State and other organizations  or  facilities  that  specialize  in
    16  brain injury rehabilitation.
    17    (b)  The  governor shall designate a chairperson of the authority from
    18  among its members, which chairperson shall serve at the pleasure of  the
    19  governor.  The authority may elect such other officers and committees as
    20  it considers appropriate.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01894-01-9
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     1    (c) The members shall receive no compensation for  their  services  as
     2  members, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses
     3  incurred in the performance of their duties.
     4    (d)  The  authority  shall  have  the power to accept applications for
     5  disbursements of available money from the fund and  authorize  disburse-
     6  ment  of  funds to qualified individuals, as defined in subdivision four
     7  of this section.
     8    (e) The authority shall adopt rules and regulations for  the  adminis-
     9  tration  of  the  fund  to carry out the purposes and provisions of this
    10  section. Such regulations shall be adopted in  accordance  with  article
    11  two of the state administrative procedure act.
    12    3.  Such fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated for the purpose
    13  of such fund, moneys collected by the state from courts of  the  unified
    14  court  system  pursuant  to  sections eighteen hundred nine and eighteen
    15  hundred nine-c of the vehicle and  traffic  law  and  all  other  moneys
    16  transferred  to  such  fund  pursuant to law. Any interest earned by the
    17  investment of moneys in such fund shall be added to such fund, become  a
    18  part of such fund, and be used for the purpose of such fund.
    19    4.  Monies of the fund shall be expended only to qualified individuals
    20  not eligible for Medicaid funded, or otherwise insurance covered,  trau-
    21  matic  brain injury programs and services. Such fund shall be a payer of
    22  last resort for all applicable supports and services. A qualified  indi-
    23  vidual must:
    24    (a)  provide  medical  documentation  of  a traumatic brain injury, as
    25  defined by section twenty-seven hundred forty-one of the  public  health
    26  law;
    27    (b)  be a New York resident for at least ninety consecutive days prior
    28  to application date;
    29    (c) have less than one hundred thousand dollars in liquid assets;
    30    (d) provide proof of denial from other funding sources; and
    31    (e) be willing  to  accept  services  from  an  approved  facility  or
    32  program.
    33    5.  Monies  shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of
    34  the comptroller on vouchers approved and  certified  by  the  authority.
    35  Annually,  payments  from  the  fund  shall  be capped at three thousand
    36  dollars per individual, with a lifetime  cap  of  one  hundred  thousand
    37  dollars per individual.
    38    § 2.  Subdivision 3 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    39  amended  by  chapter  309  of  the  laws  of 1996, is amended to read as
    40  follows:
    41    3. The mandatory surcharge provided for in  subdivision  one  of  this
    42  section shall be paid to the clerk of the court or administrative tribu-
    43  nal that rendered the conviction. Within the first ten days of the month
    44  following collection of the mandatory surcharge the collecting authority
    45  shall  determine  the amount of mandatory surcharge collected and, if it
    46  is an administrative tribunal or a town or  village  justice  court,  it
    47  shall  pay  such  money  to the state comptroller who shall deposit such
    48  money in the state treasury pursuant to section one  hundred  twenty-one
    49  of  the  state  finance law to the credit of the general fund; provided,
    50  however, that the comptroller shall deposit ten percent  of  such  money
    51  collected  for  violations  of  sections  eleven  hundred eighty, eleven
    52  hundred ninety-two and twelve hundred twelve  of  this  chapter  to  the
    53  credit  of the traumatic brain injury trust fund established pursuant to
    54  section ninety-nine-ff of the state  finance  law.  If  such  collecting
    55  authority  is  any  other  court  of the unified court system, it shall,
    56  within such period, pay such money to the state commissioner of taxation
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     1  and finance to the credit of the criminal  justice  improvement  account
     2  established  by  section  ninety-seven-bb  of  the  state  finance  law;
     3  provided, however, that the state commissioner of taxation  and  finance
     4  shall  deposit  ten  percent  of  such money collected for violations of
     5  sections eleven hundred eighty, eleven  hundred  ninety-two  and  twelve
     6  hundred  twelve  of  this  chapter  to the credit of the traumatic brain
     7  injury trust fund established pursuant to section ninety-nine-ff of  the
     8  state  finance  law.  The  crime  victim  assistance fee provided for in
     9  subdivision one of this section shall be paid to the clerk of the  court
    10  or  administrative  tribunal  that  rendered  the conviction. Within the
    11  first ten days of the month following collection  of  the  crime  victim
    12  assistance  fee,  the collecting authority shall determine the amount of
    13  crime victim assistance fee collected and, if it  is  an  administrative
    14  tribunal  or a town or village justice court, it shall pay such money to
    15  the state comptroller who shall deposit such money in the state treasury
    16  pursuant to section one hundred twenty-one of the state finance  law  to
    17  the  credit  of  the criminal justice improvement account established by
    18  section ninety-seven-bb of the state finance law.
    19    § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 1809-c of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
    20  as  added  by section 37 of part J of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is
    21  amended to read as follows:
    22    2. The additional surcharge provided for in subdivision  one  of  this
    23  section  shall  be  paid  to  the  clerk  of the court that rendered the
    24  conviction. Within the first ten days of the month following  collection
    25  of  the surcharge the collecting authority shall determine the amount of
    26  surcharge collected and it shall pay such money to the state comptroller
    27  who shall deposit such money in the state treasury pursuant  to  section
    28  one  hundred  twenty-one  of  the state finance law to the credit of the
    29  general fund; provided, however, that the state comptroller shall depos-
    30  it ten percent of such money collected pursuant to this section  to  the
    31  credit  of the traumatic brain injury trust fund established pursuant to
    32  section ninety-nine-ff of the state finance law.
    33    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.