§ 95-H — Mental illness anti-stigma fund

§ 95-h. Mental illness anti-stigma fund. 1. There is hereby\nestablished in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and\nfinance and the state comptroller, a special fund to be known as the\n"mental illness anti-stigma fund".\n 2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to the\nprovisions of section six hundred twenty-nine-a of the tax law, section\nfour hundred four-dd of the vehicle and traffic law, all revenues\nreceived pursuant to appropriations by the legislature, and all moneys\nappropriated, credited or transferred thereto from any other fund or\nsource pursuant to law. No moneys credited to such fund pursuant to\nsection six hundred twenty-nine-a of the tax law shall be deemed to\nauthorize the reduction of the amount of monies otherwise appropriated\nby the state for the purpose of eliminating the stigma attached to\nmental illness.\n 3. The monies of the fund shall be made available to the office of\nmental health for the purpose of providing grants to organizations\ndedicated to eliminating the stigma attached to mental illness and\npersons with mental health needs pursuant to section 7.47 of the mental\nhygiene law.\n 4. The monies of the fund shall be paid out on the audit and warrant\nof the state comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the\ncommissioner of mental health, or by an officer or employee of the\noffice of mental health designated by such commissioner.\n