New York Assembly Bill A05268 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5268--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 7, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT, BURDICK, LUNSFORD, McDONALD, GUNTHER, ALVAREZ, McMAHON, DARLING, ZINERMAN, SHIMSKY, SANTABARBARA, LEVENBERG, LUPARDO, JACOBSON, L. ROSENTHAL, SIMONE, J. A. GIGLIO, SOLAGES, GONZA- LEZ-ROJAS, BUTTENSCHON, SILLITTI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on People with Disa- bilities -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT relating to establishing a direct support wage enhancement to employees that provide direct care support or any other form of treat- ment, to individuals with developmental disabilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Direct support wage enhancement. 1. Notwithstanding any 2 other inconsistent provision of law, effective April 1, 2024, providers 3 licensed, funded, approved and/or certified by the office for people 4 with developmental disabilities to provide treatment, services and care 5 for individuals with developmental disabilities shall receive supple- 6 mental funding to enhance wages of employees that provide direct care 7 support or any other form of treatment, to individuals with develop- 8 mental disabilities and whose income is less than one hundred twenty- 9 five thousand dollars. 10 2. The commissioner of the office for people with developmental disa- 11 bilities, in consultation with the division of the budget, shall estab- 12 lish a list of eligible employee titles for such wage enhancement based 13 on the application of direct care to individuals with intellectual 14 and/or developmental disabilities. 15 3. Using the forms and processes developed by the commissioner of the 16 office for people with developmental disabilities under this section, EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08578-03-4 
 A. 5268--A 2 1 employers shall indicate the number of eligible employees based on the 2 list of eligible titles pursuant to subdivision two of this section. 3 4. The commissioner of the office for people with developmental disa- 4 bilities shall distribute an allocation to each eligible provider equiv- 5 alent to four thousand dollars per eligible employee based on the forms 6 developed pursuant to subdivision three of this section. 7 5. The funds distributed pursuant to this section must be used to 8 enhance base wages and benefits of eligible employees. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2024.