* § 97-aaaaa. Opioid stewardship fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance an account of the miscellaneous special revenue account to be known as the "opioid stewardship fund". 2. Moneys in opioid stewardship fund shall be kept separate and shall not be commingled with any other moneys in the custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance. 3. The opioid stewardship fund shall consist of moneys appropriated for the purpose of such account, moneys transferred to such account pursuant to law, contributions consisting of promises or grants of any money or property of any kind or value, or any other thing of value, including grants or other financial assistance from any agency of government and moneys required by the provisions of this section or any other law to be paid into or credited to this account. 4. Moneys of the opioid stewardship fund, when allocated, shall be available, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, to support programs operated by the New York state office of alcoholism and substance abuse services or agencies certified, authorized, approved or otherwise funded by the New York state office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to provide opioid treatment, recovery and prevention and education services; and to provide support for the prescription monitoring program registry as established pursuant to section thirty-three hundred forty-three-a of the public health law. 5. At the request of the budget director, the state comptroller shall transfer moneys to support the costs of opioid treatment, recovery, prevention, education services, and other related programs, from the opioid stewardship fund to any other fund of the state to support this purpose. 6. (i) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, no moneys shall be available from the opioid stewardship fund until a certificate of allocation and a schedule of amounts to be available therefor shall have been issued by the director of the budget, upon the recommendation of the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, and a copy of such certificate filed with the comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means committee.

(ii) Such certificate may be amended from time to time by the director of the budget, upon the recommendation of the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, and a copy of such amendment shall be filed with the comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means committee. 7. The moneys, when allocated, shall be paid out of the opioid stewardship fund, pursuant to subdivision four of this section, and subject to the approval of the director of the budget, on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by (i) the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services or his or her designee; or (ii) the commissioner of the department of health or his or her designee. * NB Repealed June 30, 2024