N.Y. State Finance Law 99-BB*5 – School-based health centers fund
* § 99-bb. School-based health centers fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the comptroller and the commissioner of health, a special fund to be known as the "school-based health centers fund".
Terms Used In N.Y. State Finance Law 99-BB*5
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to the provisions of § 630-f of the tax law, and all other moneys appropriated, credited, or transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into the fund according to law.
3. On or before the first day of February each year, the commissioner of health shall provide a written report to the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee, chair of the assembly ways and means committee, the state comptroller and the public. Such report shall include how the monies of the fund were utilized during the preceding calendar year, and shall include:
a. the amount of money dispersed from the fund and the award process used for such disbursements;
b. recipients of awards from the fund;
c. the amount awarded to each;
d. the purposes for which such awards were granted; and
e. a summary financial plan for such monies which shall include estimates of all receipts and all disbursements for the current and succeeding fiscal years, along with the actual results from the prior fiscal year.
4. Monies of the fund shall be expended to fund expansion of medical services at existing school-based health centers or to establish new school-based health centers.
5. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner of health.
6. Amounts expended for school-based health centers pursuant to this section shall not affect the amount that would otherwise be appropriated for school-based health centers under any other provision of law.
7. Services performed by school-based health centers available for moneys from this fund shall include, but not be limited to:
a. comprehensive physical health and mental health assessments;
b. diagnosis and treatment of acute illnesses;
c. vision, hearing, dental, nutritional, and tuberculosis screenings;
d. routine management of chronic diseases;
e. health education;
f. mental health counseling and referrals;
g. immunizations;
h. working papers and sports physicals; and
i. population-based primary prevention.
Services shall be provided on-site by a multi-disciplinary team consisting of a mid-level practitioner, a mental health counselor, and a medical assistant in consultation with a physician. The centers shall also provide access to health care twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week.
* NB There are 5 § 99-b's