36-773. Health research account

A. Five cents of each dollar in the tobacco tax and health care fund shall be deposited in the health research account for research on preventing and treating tobacco-related disease and addiction.

B. The department of health services shall administer the account.

C. Monies that are deposited in the health research account shall be used only to supplement monies that are appropriated by the legislature for Alzheimer's disease research and other health research purposes and shall not be used to supplant those appropriated monies.