(1) The pediatric cancer research trust fund is hereby created as a separate trust fund.
The fund shall be administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 211.595

  • 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.
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  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(2) The fund shall receive amounts collected from the income tax checkoff created in KRS § 141.445, and any other proceeds from grants, contributions, appropriations, or other moneys made available for the purposes of this fund.
(3) Notwithstanding KRS § 45.229, trust fund amounts not expended at the close of a fiscal year shall not lapse but shall be carried forward to the next fiscal year.
(4) Any interest earned on moneys in the trust fund shall become a part of the trust fund and shall not lapse.
(5) Trust fund moneys shall be used to support pediatric cancer research and treatment for Kentucky patients. Funds shall be administered and distributed by the Pediatric Cancer Research Trust Fund Board established by KRS § 211.596 for the purposes directed in this section and KRS § 211.596 and KRS § 211.597.
(6) Moneys transferred to the trust fund pursuant to KRS § 141.445 are hereby appropriated for the purposes set forth in KRS § 211.597.
Effective: June 24, 2015
History: Created 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 3, effective June 24, 2015; and ch. 108, sec. 2, effective June 24, 2015.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/24/2015). This statute was created with identical text in 2015 Ky. Acts chs. 96 and 108, which were companion bills. These Acts have been codified together.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/24/2015). During codification, the Reviser of Statutes has corrected the name of the Pediatric Cancer Research Trust Fund Board in this statute from the way it appeared in 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 3 and 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 108, sec. 2, by inserting the inadvertently omitted word “Research” in subsection (5).