SB 640 — Creating Tobacco Cessation Initiative Program Special Revenue Account within State Treasury

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session IntroducedCommittee Substitute for Senate Bill 640 By Senators Takubo, Romano, Woelfel, Stollings, Lindsay, Unger, Woodrum, and Plymale [Introduced[Originating Marchin 12,the 2021;Committee on Health and Human Resources;

referredreported on March 24, 2021]     A BILL to amend the CommitteeCode onof West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-9G-3, relating to the HealthTobacco andCessation HumanInitiative Resources;Program;

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and creatingrequiring thereporting. Tobacco Cessation Initiative Program Special Revenue Account within the State Treasury to be administered by the Director of the Bureau for Public Health.

All moneys deposited into this special account shall be expended for the purposes set forth in this§16-9G-1 article, and are not authorized from collections but are to be made only in accordance with appropriation by the Legislature and in accordance with the provisions of §12-3-1 et seq.

of this codecode, and uponare fulfillmentnot ofauthorized from collections but are to be made only in accordance with appropriation by the Legislature, in accordance with the provisions of §11B-2-1§12-3-1 et seq.

of this code, and upon fulfillment of the provisions of §11B-2-1 et seq.

(b) Notwithstanding any provisions of §11B-2-20 of this code to the contrary, on or before July 30, 2021, and the 13th day of July on subsequent years thereafter, 25 percent of any interest and other return earned that may accrue on the moneys in the Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund – Part B during the next preceding fiscal year shall be transferred to the Tobacco Cessation Initiative Program Special Revenue Account and expended solely for the purposes set forth in this article.

(c) Beginning July 1, 2022, the Bureau for Public Health shall submit an annual report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability, created pursuant to §16-29E-1 et seq.

of this code, regarding the expenditures made pursuant to §16-9G-1 et seq.

of this code this article.

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