NY A02788

Allows individual taxpayers to voluntarily contribute whole dollar amounts to a lupus education and prevention fund on their personal income tax returns without reducing their tax liability.

Allows corporate taxpayers to voluntarily contribute whole dollar amounts to the same fund on their corporate income tax returns without reducing their tax liability.

Establishes the "lupus education and prevention fund" under joint custody of the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance and the Comptroller to receive voluntary contributions and any grants, gifts, or bequests.

Directs fund monies to be used exclusively for lupus education and prevention projects approved by the Department of Health, with the Commissioner of Health responsible for approving vouchers and expenditures.

Requires the Commissioner of Health to submit annual reports by February 1st to legislative leadership and the public detailing fund disbursements, award recipients, amounts awarded, and a financial plan for current and succeeding fiscal years.