N.Y.
State Finance Law Section 99-SS*2
Suicide prevention fund
1.
There is hereby established in the joint custody of the comptroller, the commissioner of taxation and finance, and the office of mental health, a fund, to be known as the “suicide prevention fund”.2.
Such fund shall consist of moneys required to be deposited thereto pursuant to article forty-seven of the general business law and all other moneys appropriated, credited, or transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this section 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.
Moneys of the fund shall be made available to the office of mental health for initiatives supporting suicide prevention, education, and awareness.4.
The commissioner of the office of mental health shall include in its written report pursuant to subdivision (g) of section 7.07 of the mental hygiene law how the moneys of the fund were utilized during the preceding fiscal year, and shall include:(a)
the amount of money disbursed from the fund and the award process used for such disbursements;(b)
recipients of awards from the fund;(c)
the amount awarded to each; and(d)
the purposes for which such awards were granted. * NB There are two § 99-ss’s * NB Effective November 5, 2025
Source:
Section 99-SS*2 — Suicide prevention fund, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/STF/99-SS*2
(updated May 30, 2025; accessed May 24, 2025).