Section 97-CCC. Prostate and testicular cancer research and education fund

1.  There is hereby established in the joint custody of the commissioner
  of taxation and finance and the comptroller, a special fund to be  known
  as the "prostate and testicular cancer research and education fund".
    2.  Such  fund  shall  consist of all revenues received pursuant to an
  appropriation by the  legislature,  all  moneys  collected  pursuant  to
  section  four  hundred  four-q  of  the vehicle and traffic law, and all
  other moneys appropriated, credited, or  transferred  thereto  from  any
  other  fund  or  source  pursuant to law. Nothing contained herein 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.  Monies  of  the  fund  shall  be  expended  only  for prostate and
  testicular cancer research and educational projects.  As  used  in  this
  section,   "prostate   and  testicular  cancer  research  and  education
  projects" means scientific research or educational  projects  which  are
  approved  by  the  department  of  health  and  shall include but not be
  limited to:
    (a) establishment of a  public  education  and  outreach  campaign  to
  publicize   prostate  and  testicular  cancer  detection  and  education
  services, including the extent of coverage for such services  by  health
  insurance,  the  medical assistance program and other public and private
  programs;
    (b) compilation of data concerning the prostate and testicular  cancer
  detection  and  education  program  and dissemination of the data to the
  public;
    (c) development  of  professional  education  programs  including  the
  benefits  of  early  detection of prostate and testicular cancer and the
  recommended frequency of the test and examination therefor; and
    (d) to further the goals and duties of  the  prostate  and  testicular
  cancer  detection  and education advisory council established in section
  twenty-four hundred fifteen of the public health law.
    4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and  warrant  of
  the  comptroller  on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner
  of health.
    5. To the extent practicable, the commissioner of health shall  ensure
  that  all monies received during a fiscal year are expended prior to the
  end of that fiscal year.