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NY A03210
Bill
Status
1/23/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jennifer Lunsford
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AI Summary
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Creates a distinctive "Brain Tumor Awareness" license plate available to any New York resident upon request, with a $25 annual service charge in addition to the regular registration fee
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Establishes the "Brain Tumor Research and Support Fund" to receive all revenues from the specialty license plate sales, plus any grants, gifts, or bequests
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Fund moneys may be used to offset Medicaid fee-for-service coverage costs for tumor treating fields (TTFields) therapy, a wearable medical device using electric fields to treat glioblastoma and other cancers
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Requires the Commissioner of Health to submit an annual report by February 1st detailing fund disbursements, award recipients, amounts awarded, and a financial plan for current and future fiscal years
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Plate production requires either a $6,000 surety bond or a minimum of 200 pre-orders with non-refundable service charges before design and issuance can proceed
Legislative Description
Authorizes the creation of a distinctive brain tumor awareness license plate; creates the brain tumor research and support fund; provides that moneys of the brain tumor research and support fund may be expended to offset costs associated with medicaid fee for service coverage of tumor treating fields therapy.
Last Action
referred to transportation
1/7/2026