Bill Text: NY S06736 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6736 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes the acquired immune deficiency syndrome research initiative, within the acquired immune deficiency syndrome institute, to provide grants for HIV/AIDS related research.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S06736 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S06736-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6736
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 2, 2010
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       Introduced  by  Sens. HANNON, DeFRANCISCO, MORAHAN, VOLKER -- read twice
         and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
         on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  establishing  an
         AIDS research initiative, and providing for its duties
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
    2  2777-a to read as follows:
    3    S  2777-A. AIDS RESEARCH INITIATIVE. THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN
    4  THE INSTITUTE AN ACQUIRED IMMUNE  DEFICIENCY  SYNDROME  RESEARCH  INITI-
    5  ATIVE, WHICH SHALL BE MANAGED BY THE INSTITUTE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
    6  RESEARCH COUNCIL. SUCH INITIATIVE SHALL:
    7    1.  DISPENSE  PEER-REVIEWED,  MERIT-BASED  HIV/AIDS  RELATED  RESEARCH
    8  GRANTS TO NOT-FOR-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS AND COLLABORATING  COMMUNITY-BASED
    9  ORGANIZATIONS IN THE STATE;
   10    2.  PRIORITIZE  RESEARCH  THAT  IS TIMELY, INNOVATIVE, TARGETED TO THE
   11  UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC IN THIS  STATE,  CAPABLE  OF
   12  LEVERAGING  ADDITIONAL RESEARCH FUNDING, NOT DUPLICATIVE OF FUNDING FROM
   13  OTHER SOURCES, AND HOLDS THE POTENTIAL FOR A VIABLE  COMMERCIAL  PRODUCT
   14  OR PATENTABLE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY;
   15    3.  FOCUS  ON  INFECTION TRENDS, PREVENTION STRATEGIES, TREATMENTS FOR
   16  THOSE LIVING WITH HIV, BASIC  CLINICAL  SCIENCE,  AND  BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL
   17  SCIENCE;
   18    4.    SUPPORT   PARTNERSHIPS   BETWEEN   RESEARCH   INSTITUTIONS   AND
   19  COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS SERVING COMMUNITIES  OF  COLOR  AND  OTHER
   20  HIGH-NEED POPULATIONS.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15420-01-0