Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999.

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not specify what happens if Proposition 14 funding is not available for spinal cord injury projects.

Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999

The bill provides $5 million from the state's budget to support spinal cord injury research at the University of California over five years and allows for additional funding if Proposition 14 funds are available.

What This Bill Does

• Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Fund to a special fund for spinal cord injury research within the University of California.
• The money will be spent at $1,000,000 per year starting in fiscal year 2026-27.
• If Proposition 14 funding is obtained for spinal cord injury research projects, it can also go into this special fund.

Who It Names or Affects

• The University of California will receive money for spinal cord injury research.
• People with spinal cord injuries may benefit from new treatments developed through this research.

Terms To Know

General Fund

A big pot of money that the state uses to pay for different programs and services.

Fiscal Year

The period used by governments and businesses to track financial performance, usually from July 1st to June 30th.

Limits and Unknowns

• It is not clear how much of the $5 million will be spent each year beyond fiscal year 2026-27 if Proposition 14 funding is not available.
• The bill does not specify what happens to the special fund after five years.

Official Summary Text

AB 2228, as introduced, Lee.
Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999.
Existing law, the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999, creates the Spinal Cord Injury Research Program within the University of California and authorizes the university to establish a spinal cord injury research fund, independent of the State Treasury, to accept public and private funds for purposes of spinal cord injury research, as specified.
This bill would appropriate $5,000,000 from the General Fund to the spinal cord injury research fund authorized by the above act, to be spent at a rate of $1,000,000 per year, without regard to fiscal year, commencing with the 2026–27 fiscal year.
Existing law, the California Stem Cell Research, Treatments, and Cures Bond Act of 2020, added by initiative measure enacted by the voters by Proposition 14 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general
election, authorizes the state to sell a specified amount in general obligations bonds primarily for the purposes of stem cell research and the development of new medical treatments.
If Proposition 14 funding is obtained for the purpose of funding a spinal cord injury research project, as provided, this bill would authorize the university to deposit those funds in an established specified spinal cord injury research fund.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Current Bill Text

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