STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6550 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEINSTEIN -- (at request of the Governor) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT making appropriations for the support of government; to amend chapter 121 of the laws of 2023 relating to making appropriations for the support of government, in relation thereto; and to amend chapter 122 of the laws of 2023, relating to making appropriations for the support of government, in relation thereto, and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and 2 declares that the enactment of these appropriations provides sufficient 3 authority to the comptroller for the purpose of making payments for the 4 purposes described herein until such time as appropriation bills submit- 5 ted by the governor pursuant to article VII of the state constitution 6 for the support of government for the state fiscal year beginning April 7 1, 2023 are enacted. 8 § 2. Section 2 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 9 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 122 10 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 11 § 2. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 12 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 13 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 14 public officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be 15 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 16 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 17 For the purpose of making payments for 18 personal service, including liabilities 19 incurred prior to April 1, 2023, on the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD12008-01-3
A. 6550 2 1 payrolls scheduled to be paid during the 2 period April 1 through April [17] 20, 2023 3 to state officers and employees of the 4 executive branch, including the governor, 5 lieutenant governor, comptroller, and 6 attorney general, and to employees of the 7 legislature. This appropriation also 8 includes funding for payment of health 9 care and mental hygiene bonuses to eligi- 10 ble state employees, and payments for 11 services performed by mentally ill or 12 developmentally disabled persons who are 13 employed in state-operated special employ- 14 ment, work-for-pay or sheltered workshop 15 programs .................... [458,000,000] 714,000,000 16 -------------- 17 § 3. Section 3 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 18 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 122 19 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 20 § 3. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall 21 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropri- 22 ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public 23 officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be available 24 for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 25 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 26 For the payment of state operations non 27 personal service liabilities to the execu- 28 tive branch, including the comptroller, 29 and the attorney general, and legislature, 30 incurred in the ordinary course of busi- 31 ness, during the period April 1 through 32 April [17] 20, 2023, pursuant to existing 33 state law and for purposes for which the 34 legislature authorized the expenditure of 35 moneys during the 2022-2023 state fiscal 36 year; provided, however, that nothing 37 contained herein shall be deemed to limit 38 or restrict the power or authority of 39 state departments or agencies to conduct 40 their activities or operations in accord- 41 ance with existing law, and further 42 provided that nothing contained herein 43 shall be deemed to supersede, nullify or 44 modify the provisions of section 40 of the 45 state finance law prescribing when appro- 46 priations made for the 2022-2023 state 47 fiscal year shall have ceased to have 48 force and effect ............. [22,000,000] 48,600,000 49 -------------- 50 § 4. Section 4 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 51 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 122 52 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
A. 6550 3 1 § 4. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 2 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 3 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 4 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 5 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 6 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 7 The sum of [thirty million dollars 8 ($30,000,000)] one hundred seventy million 9 dollars ($170,000,000), or so much thereof 10 as shall be sufficient to accomplish the 11 purpose designated, is hereby appropriated 12 for contracts and grants approved for 13 purposes for which the legislature author- 14 ized the expenditures of money during the 15 2022-2023 fiscal year. An amount up to 16 [thirty million dollars ($30,000,000)] one 17 hundred seventy million dollars 18 ($170,000,000) shall be available for the 19 payment of capital projects liabilities 20 incurred during the period from April 1 21 through April [17] 20, 2023 for contracts 22 and grants approved prior to April 1, 23 2023, provided, however, that nothing 24 contained herein shall be deemed to limit 25 or restrict the power or authority of 26 state departments or agencies to conduct 27 their activities or operations in accord- 28 ance with existing law, and further 29 provided that nothing contained herein 30 shall be deemed to supersede, nullify, or 31 modify the provisions of section 40 of the 32 state finance law prescribing when appro- 33 priations made for the 2022-2023 fiscal 34 year shall have ceased to have force and 35 effect ................................... 36 .............................. [30,000,000] 170,000,000 37 -------------- 38 § 5. Section 5 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 39 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 122 40 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 41 § 5. The several amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof 42 as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, are hereby 43 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 44 respective public officers and for the several purposes specified, which 45 amounts shall be available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 46 2023. 47 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 48 The sum of [five million dollars 49 ($5,000,000)] thirty million dollars 50 ($30,000,000), or so much thereof as shall 51 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose
A. 6550 4 1 designated, is hereby appropriated for 2 contracts and grants approved for which 3 the legislature authorized the expendi- 4 tures of money during the 2022-2023 fiscal 5 year. An amount up to [five million 6 dollars ($5,000,000)] thirty million 7 dollars ($30,000,000) shall be available 8 for the payment of capital projects 9 liabilities incurred during the period 10 from April 1 through April [17] 20, 2023 11 for contracts and grants approved after 12 April 1, 2023, provided, however, that 13 nothing contained herein shall be deemed 14 to limit or restrict the power or authori- 15 ty of state departments or agencies to 16 conduct their activities or operations in 17 accordance with existing law, and further 18 provided that nothing contained herein 19 shall be deemed to supersede, nullify, or 20 modify the provisions of section 40 of the 21 state finance law prescribing when appro- 22 priations made for the 2022-2023 fiscal 23 year shall have ceased to have force and 24 effect ........................ [5,000,000] 30,000,000 25 -------------- 26 § 6. Section 6 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 27 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 122 28 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 29 § 6. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 30 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 31 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 32 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 33 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 34 MISCELLANEOUS -- ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 35 GENERAL STATE CHARGES 36 STATE OPERATIONS 37 GENERAL STATE CHARGES ...................... [524,660,000] 559,815,000 38 -------------- 39 General Fund 40 State Purposes Account - 10050 41 For employee fringe benefits according to 42 the following project schedule including 43 those benefits which are related to 44 employees paid from funds, accounts, or 45 programs where the division of the budget 46 has issued waivers .......... [522,460,000] 556,440,000 47 Project Schedule 48 PROJECT AMOUNT 49 --------------------------------------------
A. 6550 5 1 For the state's contribution 2 to the social security 3 contribution fund .......... 4 ................ [42,000,000] 70,000,000 5 For the state's share of 6 contributions to the volun- 7 tary defined contribution 8 plan made on behalf of 9 eligible employees pursuant 10 to chapter 18 of the laws of 11 2012 who elect to partic- 12 ipate in such plan and who 13 are not otherwise eligible 14 to participate in the SUNY 15 optional retirement program 16 ................... [460,000] 690,000 17 For the state's contribution 18 to the health insurance fund 19 and deposit into the retiree 20 health benefit trust fund 21 pursuant to section 99-aa of 22 the state finance law. The 23 state's share of the health 24 insurance program dividends 25 shall be available to pay 26 for the premiums in 2023-24 .. 400,000,000 27 For payments to the state 28 insurance fund for workers' 29 compensation benefits and 30 other related workers' 31 compensation costs prior to 32 or after they become 33 incurred including but not 34 limited to the benefits 35 defined in chapters 302 and 36 303 of the laws of 1985 ....... 45,000,000 37 For the state's contribution 38 to employee benefit fund 39 programs ...................... 35,000,000 40 For the state's contribution 41 to the dental insurance plan ... 4,250,000 42 For the state's contribution 43 to the vision care plan ........ 1,500,000 44 -------------- 45 Project schedule total ... 46 ........... [522,460,000] 556,440,000 47 -------------- 48 For the payment of the metropolitan commuter 49 transportation mobility tax pursuant to 50 article 23 of the tax law as added by 51 chapter 25 of the laws of 2009 on behalf 52 of the state employees employed in the 53 metropolitan commuter transportation 54 district ...................... [2,200,000] 3,300,000 55 --------------
A. 6550 6 1 For payment of claims for damage to personal 2 or real property or for bodily injuries or 3 wrongful death caused by officers, employ- 4 ees, or other authorized persons providing 5 service to state government while provid- 6 ing such service, and the state university 7 construction fund while acting within the 8 scope of their employment, and while oper- 9 ating motor vehicles, and for any individ- 10 uals operating motor vehicles which are 11 assigned on a permanent basis with unre- 12 stricted use to state officers and employ- 13 ees when the person is permanently 14 assigned the motor vehicle (80559) .............. 75,000 15 -------------- 16 § 7. Section 7 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 17 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 122 18 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 19 § 7. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 20 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 21 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 22 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 23 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 24 JUDICIARY 25 For the purpose of making payments for 26 personal service, including liabilities 27 incurred prior to April 1, 2023, on the 28 payrolls scheduled to be paid during the 29 period April 1 through April [17] 20, 2023 30 to officers and employees of the judiciary 31 ............................................. 65,000,000 32 For the payment of state operations nonper- 33 sonal service liabilities, the sum of 34 fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), or so 35 much thereof as shall be sufficient to 36 accomplish the purpose designated, is 37 hereby appropriated to the judiciary out 38 of any moneys in the general fund or other 39 funds to the credit of the state purposes 40 account not otherwise appropriated. The 41 comptroller is hereby authorized and 42 directed to utilize this appropriation for 43 the purpose of making payments for non- 44 personal service liabilities incurred by 45 the judiciary from April 1 through April 46 [17] 20, 2023 ............................... 50,000,000 47 For the payment of aid to localities liabil- 48 ities, the sum of fifteen million dollars 49 ($15,000,000), or so much thereof as shall 50 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose 51 designated, is hereby appropriated to the 52 judiciary out of any moneys in the general 53 fund or other funds to the credit of the
A. 6550 7 1 state purposes account not otherwise 2 appropriated. The comptroller is hereby 3 authorized and directed to utilize this 4 appropriation for the purpose of making 5 payments for aid to localities liabilities 6 incurred by the judiciary from April 1 7 through April [17] 20, 2023 ................. 15,000,000 8 For the payment of employee fringe benefit 9 programs including, but not limited to, 10 the judiciary's contributions to the 11 health insurance fund, the employees' 12 retirement system pension accumulation 13 fund, the social security contribution 14 fund, employee benefit fund programs, the 15 dental insurance plan, the vision care 16 plan, the unemployment insurance fund, and 17 for workers' compensation benefits, the 18 sum of [seventy-five million dollars 19 ($75,000,000)] two hundred eighty-one 20 million dollars ($281,000,000), or so much 21 thereof as shall be sufficient to accom- 22 plish the purpose designated, is hereby 23 appropriated to the judiciary out of any 24 moneys in the general fund or other funds 25 to the credit of the state purposes 26 account not otherwise appropriated. The 27 comptroller is hereby authorized and 28 directed to utilize this appropriation for 29 the purpose of making payments for employ- 30 ee fringe benefit liabilities incurred by 31 the judiciary from April 1 through April 32 [10] 20, 2023 ................ [75,000,000] 281,000,000 33 § 8. Section 8 of chapter 122 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 34 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 35 follows: 36 § 8. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall 37 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropri- 38 ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public 39 officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be available 40 for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 41 DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE 42 OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE 43 AID TO LOCALITIES 44 EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAM ...................... 235,416,000 45 -------------- 46 General Fund 47 Local Assistance Account - 10000 48 For state reimbursement of the safety net 49 assistance program as established pursuant 50 to chapter 436 of the laws of 1997.
A. 6550 8 1 Notwithstanding section 153 of the social 2 services law or any other inconsistent 3 provision of law, funds appropriated here- 4 in shall reimburse 29 percent of safety 5 net assistance expenditures, including the 6 cost of providing shelter supplements for 7 safety net assistance households at local 8 option, including eligible households 9 containing a household member who has been 10 released from prison, in order to prevent 11 eviction and address homelessness in 12 accordance with social services district 13 plans approved by the office of temporary 14 and disability assistance and the director 15 of the budget, provided, however, that in 16 social services districts with a popu- 17 lation over five million no shelter 18 supplements other than [those to prevent 19 eviction] the family homelessness and 20 eviction prevention supplement shall be 21 reimbursed, provided however funds appro- 22 priated herein shall only be used to reim- 23 burse rental costs up to the maximum rent 24 levels in place as of January 1, 2021, 25 then adjusted consistent with the annual 26 year-over-year percentage changes in fair 27 market rent, provided, however, in the 28 event of a decrease in fair market rent 29 the value of the maximum rent levels reim- 30 bursed with funds appropriated herein 31 shall not decrease and shall be set at the 32 maximum rent levels established during the 33 prior year, and further provided that such 34 supplements shall not be part of the stan- 35 dard of need pursuant to section 131-a of 36 the social services law. Funds appropri- 37 ated herein shall also reimburse 29 38 percent of safety net assistance expendi- 39 tures, in social services districts with a 40 population over five million, for emergen- 41 cy shelter, transportation, or nutrition 42 payments which the district determines are 43 necessary to establish or maintain inde- 44 pendent living arrangements among persons 45 living with medically diagnosed HIV 46 infection as defined by the AIDS institute 47 of the state department of health and who 48 are homeless or facing homelessness and 49 for whom no viable and less costly alter- 50 native to housing is available; provided, 51 however, that funds appropriated herein 52 may only be used for such purposes if the 53 cost of such allowances are not eligible 54 for reimbursement under medical assistance 55 or other programs. Funds appropriated 56 herein shall reimburse 29 percent of safe-
A. 6550 9 1 ty net assistance expenditures, in social 2 services districts with a population of 3 five million or fewer, for emergency shel- 4 ter payments promulgated by the office of 5 temporary and disability assistance which 6 the district determines are necessary to 7 establish or maintain independent living 8 arrangements among persons living with 9 medically diagnosed HIV infection as 10 defined by the AIDS institute of the state 11 department of health and who are homeless 12 or facing homelessness and for whom no 13 viable and less costly alternative to 14 housing is available; provided, however, 15 that funds appropriated herein may only be 16 used for such purposes if the cost of such 17 allowances are not eligible for reimburse- 18 ment under medical assistance or other 19 programs. Funds appropriated herein shall 20 reimburse 29 percent of safety net assist- 21 ance expenditures, in social services 22 districts with a population of five 23 million or fewer, for emergency shelter 24 payments in excess of those promulgated by 25 the office of temporary and disability 26 assistance but not exceeding an amount 27 reasonably approximate to 100 percent of 28 fair market rent, at local option which 29 the district determines are necessary to 30 establish or maintain independent living 31 arrangements among persons living with 32 medically diagnosed HIV infection as 33 defined by the AIDS institute of the State 34 department of health and who are homeless 35 or facing homelessness and for whom no 36 viable and less costly alternative to 37 housing is available; provided, however, 38 that funds appropriated herein may only be 39 used for such purposes if the cost of such 40 allowances are not eligible for reimburse- 41 ment under medical assistance or other 42 programs. Such emergency shelter payments 43 shall only be made at local option and in 44 accordance with a plan approved by the 45 office of temporary and disability assist- 46 ance and the director of the budget. 47 Provided, however, notwithstanding section 48 153 of the social services law or any 49 other inconsistent provision of law, if 50 necessary funding, as determined by the 51 director of the budget, is secured in a 52 social services district from the medical 53 assistance program by reducing the capita- 54 tion rates paid to medicaid managed care 55 organizations by the amount of savings 56 resulting from stably housing individuals
A. 6550 10 1 living with medically diagnosed HIV 2 infection as defined by the AIDS institute 3 of the state department of health, the 4 social services district shall make such 5 emergency shelter payments in excess of 6 those promulgated by the office of tempo- 7 rary and disability assistance but not 8 exceeding an amount reasonably approximate 9 to 100 percent of fair market rent, and 10 the savings shall be used to reimburse 100 11 percent of the cost of such excess emer- 12 gency shelter payments for cases reim- 13 bursed under the safety net assistance or 14 family assistance programs in social 15 services districts with a population of 16 five million or fewer, in accordance with 17 a plan approved by the office of temporary 18 and disability assistance and the director 19 of the budget; provided further that 20 reimbursement shall be provided to medi- 21 caid managed care organizations through 22 adjustments to capitation rates should 23 actual gross savings not be realized as 24 determined by the director of the budget. 25 For persons living with medically diag- 26 nosed HIV infection as defined by the AIDS 27 institute of the state department of 28 health living in social service districts 29 with a population over five million who 30 are receiving public assistance, funds 31 appropriated herein shall be used to reim- 32 burse 29 percent of the additional rental 33 costs determined based on limiting such 34 person's earned and/or unearned income 35 contribution to 30 percent. For persons 36 living with medically diagnosed HIV 37 infection as defined by the AIDS institute 38 of the state department of health living 39 in social services districts with a popu- 40 lation of five million or fewer who are 41 receiving public assistance, funds appro- 42 priated herein may be used to reimburse up 43 to 100 percent of the additional rental 44 costs determined based on limiting such 45 person's earned and/or unearned income 46 contribution to 30 percent. Such payments 47 of additional rental costs shall only be 48 made at local option and in accordance 49 with a plan approved by the office of 50 temporary and disability assistance and 51 the director of the budget. Provided, 52 however, notwithstanding section 153 of 53 the social services law or any other 54 inconsistent provision of law, if neces- 55 sary funding, as determined by the direc- 56 tor of the budget, is secured in a social
A. 6550 11 1 services district from the medical assist- 2 ance program by reducing the capitation 3 rates paid to medicaid managed care organ- 4 izations by the amount of savings result- 5 ing from stably housing individuals living 6 with medically diagnosed HIV infection as 7 defined by the AIDS institute of the state 8 department of health, the social services 9 district shall make such payments of addi- 10 tional rental costs, for cases reimbursed 11 under the safety net assistance and family 12 assistance program, and the savings shall 13 be used to reimburse 100 percent of the 14 cost of the additional rental costs deter- 15 mined based on limiting such person's 16 earned and/or unearned income contribution 17 to 30 percent in social services districts 18 with a population of five million or 19 fewer, in accordance with a plan approved 20 by the office of temporary and disability 21 assistance and the director of the budget; 22 provided further that reimbursement shall 23 be provided to medicaid managed care 24 organizations through adjustments to capi- 25 tation rates should actual gross savings 26 not be realized as determined by the 27 director of the budget. Amounts appropri- 28 ated herein may be used to enter into 29 contracts with persons or entities author- 30 ized pursuant to subdivision [(i)] (j) of 31 section 17 of the social services law 32 consistent with federal law and require- 33 ments. Such contracts will be consistent 34 with subdivision [(i)] (j) of section 17 35 of the social services law. Notwithstand- 36 ing section 153 of the social services law 37 or any other inconsistent provision of 38 law, the office may reduce reimbursement 39 otherwise payable to social services 40 districts to recover 29 percent of costs 41 incurred by the office for expenditures 42 related to subdivision [(i)] (j) of 43 section 17 of the social services law. 44 Such funds are to be available for payment 45 of aid heretofore accrued or hereafter to 46 accrue to municipalities. Subject to the 47 approval of the director of the budget, 48 such funds shall be available to the 49 office of temporary and disability assist- 50 ance net of disallowances, refunds, 51 reimbursements, and credits, including 52 those related to title IV-E of the social 53 security act; and including, but not 54 limited to, additional federal funds 55 resulting from any changes in federal cost 56 allocation methodologies. Notwithstanding
A. 6550 12 1 any inconsistent provision of law, the 2 amount herein appropriated may be 3 increased or decreased by interchange with 4 any other appropriation within the office 5 of temporary and disability assistance 6 general fund - local assistance account 7 with the approval of the director of the 8 budget, who shall file such approval with 9 the department of audit and control and 10 copies thereof with the chairman of the 11 senate finance committee and the chairman 12 of the assembly ways and means committee. 13 Social services districts shall be 14 required to report to the office of tempo- 15 rary and disability assistance on an annu- 16 al basis, information, as determined and 17 requested by the office, related to 18 services and expenditures for which 19 reimbursement is sought for providing 20 temporary housing assistance to homeless 21 individuals and families. Such information 22 shall be submitted electronically to the 23 extent feasible as determined by the 24 office, and shall be used to evaluate 25 expenditures by such social services 26 districts for the provision of temporary 27 housing assistance for homeless individ- 28 uals and families. Notwithstanding section 29 153 of the social services law, or any 30 other inconsistent provision of law, the 31 office of temporary and disability assist- 32 ance may withhold or deny reimbursement, 33 in whole or in part, to any social 34 services district that fails to develop or 35 submit a homeless services plan subject to 36 the approval of the office of temporary 37 and disability assistance, fails to 38 provide homeless services and outreach in 39 accordance with its approved homeless 40 services plan, or fails to develop or 41 submit homeless services outcome reports, 42 consistent with those requirements promul- 43 gated by the office of temporary and disa- 44 bility assistance. Notwithstanding section 45 153 of the social services law, or any 46 other inconsistent provision of law, such 47 appropriation shall be available for 48 reimbursement of eligible costs incurred 49 on or after January 1, 2023 and before 50 January 1, 2024, that are otherwise reim- 51 bursable by the state on or after April 1, 52 2023, that are claimed by March 1, 2024. 53 Such reimbursement shall constitute total 54 state reimbursement for activities funded 55 herein in state fiscal year 2023-24 56 (52203) ..................................... 52,083,000
A. 6550 13 1 For expenditures for additional state 2 payments for eligible aged, blind, and 3 disabled persons related to supplemental 4 security income and for expenditures made 5 pursuant to title 8 of article 5 of the 6 social services law. Such funds are avail- 7 able for payment of aid heretofore accrued 8 or hereafter to accrue. Notwithstanding 9 any inconsistent provision of law, the 10 amount herein appropriated may be 11 increased or decreased by interchange with 12 any other appropriation within the office 13 of temporary and disability assistance 14 general fund - local assistance account 15 with the approval of the director of the 16 budget, who shall file such approval with 17 the department of audit and control and 18 copies thereof with the chairman of the 19 senate finance committee and the chairman 20 of the assembly ways and means committee 21 (52311) ..................................... 58,333,000 22 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 23 Federal Health and Human Services Fund 24 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Account - 25178 25 For reimbursement of the cost of the family 26 assistance and the emergency assistance to 27 families programs. Notwithstanding section 28 153 of the social services law or any 29 inconsistent provision of law, funds 30 appropriated herein shall be provided 31 without state or local participation 32 except that for social services districts 33 with a population of five million or more, 34 reimbursement will be eighty-five percent. 35 Funds appropriated herein shall also 36 include the cost of providing shelter 37 supplements for family assistance house- 38 holds at local option, including eligible 39 households containing a household member 40 who has been released from prison, in 41 order to prevent eviction and address 42 homelessness in accordance with social 43 services district plans approved by the 44 office of temporary and disability assist- 45 ance and the director of the budget, 46 provided, however, that in social services 47 districts with a population over five 48 million no shelter supplements other than 49 [those to prevent eviction] the family 50 homelessness and eviction prevention 51 supplement shall be reimbursed, provided 52 however funds appropriated herein shall 53 only be used to reimburse rental costs up 54 to the maximum rent levels in place as of
A. 6550 14 1 January 1, 2021, then adjusted consistent 2 with the annual year-over-year percentage 3 changes in fair market rent, provided, 4 however, in the event of a decrease in 5 fair market rent the value of the maximum 6 rent levels reimbursed with funds appro- 7 priated herein shall not decrease and 8 shall be set at the maximum rent levels 9 established during the prior year, and 10 further provided that such supplements 11 shall not be part of the standard of need 12 pursuant to section 131-a of the social 13 services law. Funds appropriated herein 14 shall also reimburse for family assistance 15 expenditures for emergency shelter, trans- 16 portation, or nutrition payments which the 17 district determines are necessary to 18 establish or maintain independent living 19 arrangements among persons living with 20 medically diagnosed HIV infection as 21 defined by the AIDS institute of the State 22 department of health and who are homeless 23 or facing homelessness and for whom no 24 viable and less costly alternative to 25 housing is available; provided, however, 26 that funds appropriated herein may only be 27 used for such purposes if the cost of such 28 allowances are not eligible for reimburse- 29 ment under medical assistance or other 30 programs. For persons living with 31 medically diagnosed HIV infection as 32 defined by the AIDS institute of the state 33 department of health who are receiving 34 public assistance funds appropriated here- 35 in shall not be used to reimburse the 36 additional rental costs determined based 37 on limiting such person's earned and/or 38 unearned income contribution to 30 39 percent. Amounts appropriated herein may 40 be used to enter into contracts with 41 persons or entities authorized pursuant to 42 subdivision [(i)] (j) of section 17 of the 43 social services law consistent with feder- 44 al law and requirements. Such contracts 45 will be made consistent with subdivision 46 [(i)] (j) of section 17 of the social 47 services law. Notwithstanding section 153 48 of the social services law or any other 49 inconsistent provision of law, the office 50 may reduce reimbursement otherwise payable 51 to social services districts to recover 52 the federal share of costs incurred by the 53 office for expenditures related to subdi- 54 vision [(i)] (j) of section 17 of the 55 social services law. Such funds are to be 56 available for payment of aid heretofore
A. 6550 15 1 accrued or hereafter to accrue to munici- 2 palities. Subject to the approval of the 3 director of the budget, such funds shall 4 be available to the office of temporary 5 and disability assistance net of disallow- 6 ances, refunds, reimbursements, and cred- 7 its including, but not limited to, addi- 8 tional federal funds resulting from any 9 changes in federal cost allocation method- 10 ologies. Notwithstanding any inconsistent 11 provision of law, the amount herein appro- 12 priated may be increased or decreased by 13 interchange with any other appropriation 14 within the office of temporary and disa- 15 bility assistance federal fund - local 16 assistance account with the approval of 17 the director of the budget, who shall file 18 such approval with the department of audit 19 and control and copies thereof with the 20 chairman of the senate finance committee 21 and the chairman of the assembly ways and 22 means committee. Social services districts 23 shall be required to report to the office 24 of temporary and disability assistance on 25 an annual basis, information, as deter- 26 mined and requested by the office, related 27 to services and expenditures for which 28 reimbursement is sought for providing 29 temporary housing assistance to homeless 30 individuals and families. Such information 31 shall be submitted electronically to the 32 extent feasible as determined by the 33 office, and shall be used to evaluate 34 expenditures by such social services 35 districts for the provision of temporary 36 housing assistance for homeless individ- 37 uals and families. Notwithstanding section 38 153 of the social services law, or any 39 other inconsistent provision of law, the 40 office of temporary and disability assist- 41 ance may withhold or deny reimbursement, 42 in whole or in part, to any social 43 services district that fails to develop or 44 submit a homeless services plan subject to 45 the approval of the office of temporary 46 and disability assistance, fails to 47 provide homeless services and outreach in 48 accordance with its approved homeless 49 services plan, or fails to develop or 50 submit homeless services outcome reports, 51 consistent with those requirements promul- 52 gated by the office of temporary and disa- 53 bility assistance. Notwithstanding section 54 153 of the social services law, or any 55 other inconsistent provision of law, such 56 appropriation shall be available for
A. 6550 16 1 reimbursement of eligible costs incurred 2 on or after January 1, 2023 and before 3 January 1, 2024, that are otherwise reim- 4 bursable by the state on or after April 1, 5 2023, that are claimed by March 1, 2024. 6 Such reimbursement shall constitute total 7 federal reimbursement for activities fund- 8 ed herein in state fiscal year 2023-24 9 (52203) .................................... 125,000,000 10 § 9. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 11 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 12 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 13 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 14 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 15 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS 16 AID TO LOCALITIES 17 AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS SERVICES PROGRAM ......................... 348,000 18 -------------- 19 General Fund 20 Local Assistance Account - 10000 21 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for 22 services, expenses and grants, including 23 but not limited to (a) the New York state 24 veterinary diagnostic laboratory, (b) 25 research and development at Cornell 26 university, (c) education and outreach at 27 Cornell university, (d) the New York farm 28 viability institute, (e) the promotion of 29 agricultural economic development, and (f) 30 agricultural access, education and work- 31 force support, pursuant to a plan prepared 32 by the commissioner of the department of 33 agriculture and markets and approved by 34 the director of the budget. Funds hereby 35 appropriated shall be available to the 36 program net of refunds, rebates, 37 reimbursements and credits. All or a 38 portion of this appropriation may be 39 suballocated to any state department, 40 agency, or public authority .................... 348,000 41 -------------- 42 § 10. Section 8 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 43 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 122 44 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 45 § 8. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 46 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 47 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 48 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 49 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023.
A. 6550 17 1 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 2 AID TO LOCALITIES 3 CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM .......... [19,200,000] 35,093,000 4 -------------- 5 General Fund 6 Local Assistance Account - 10000 7 For services and expenses related to the 8 Indian health program. The moneys hereby 9 appropriated shall be for payment of 10 financial assistance heretofore accrued or 11 hereafter to accrue (26840) ... [3,200,000] 6,400,000 12 -------------- 13 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 14 Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Fund 15 Federal Food and Nutrition Services Account - 25022 16 For various federal food and nutritional 17 services. The moneys hereby appropriated 18 shall be available for payment of finan- 19 cial assistance heretofore accrued (26986) 20 .............................. [16,000,000] 19,693,000 21 -------------- 22 [MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM] HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT PROGRAM .. 9,000,000 23 -------------- 24 [General Fund 25 Local Assistance Account - 10000] 26 Special Revenue Funds - Other 27 HCRA Resources Fund 28 HCRA Program Account - 20807 29 For transfer to health research incorporated 30 (HRI) for the AIDS drug assistance 31 program, including payments to Ryan White 32 centers (29880) .............................. 9,000,000 33 § 11. Section 10 of chapter 122 of the laws of 2023, relating to 34 making appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read 35 as follows: 36 § 10. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 37 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 38 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 39 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 40 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 41 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 42 AID TO LOCALITIES
A. 6550 18 1 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM ...... [400,000,000] 544,000,000 2 -------------- 3 Enterprise Funds 4 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fund 5 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Account - 50650 6 For payment of unemployment insurance bene- 7 fits pursuant to article 18 of the labor 8 law or as authorized by the federal 9 government through the disaster unemploy- 10 ment assistance program, the emergency 11 unemployment compensation program, the 12 extended benefit program, the federal 13 additional compensation program or any 14 other federally funded unemployment bene- 15 fit program (34787) ......... [400,000,000] 544,000,000 16 § 12. Section 10 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to 17 making appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read 18 as follows: 19 § 10. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as 20 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby 21 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 22 public officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be 23 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 24 DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE 25 OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 26 AID TO LOCALITIES 27 COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM .................. [173,054,000] 177,545,000 28 -------------- 29 General Fund 30 Local Assistance Account - 10000 31 For services and expenses of the community 32 services program, net of disallowances, 33 for community programs for people with 34 developmental disabilities pursuant to 35 article 41 of the mental hygiene law, 36 and/or chapter 620 of the laws of 1974, 37 chapter 660 of the laws of 1977, chapter 38 412 of the laws of 1981, chapter 27 of the 39 laws of 1987, chapter 729 of the laws of 40 1989, chapter 329 of the laws of 1993 and 41 other provisions of the mental hygiene 42 law. Notwithstanding any inconsistent 43 provision of law, the following appropri- 44 ation shall be net of prior and/or current 45 year refunds, rebates, reimbursements, and 46 credits.
A. 6550 19 1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 2 advances and reimbursement made pursuant 3 to subdivision (d) of section 41.15 and 4 section 41.18 of the mental hygiene law 5 shall be allocated pursuant to a plan and 6 in a manner prescribed by the agency head 7 and approved by the director of the budg- 8 et. The moneys hereby appropriated are 9 available to reimburse or advance locali- 10 ties and voluntary non-profit agencies for 11 expenditures made during local fiscal 12 periods commencing January 1, 2022, April 13 1, 2022 or July 1, 2022, and for advances 14 for the 3 month period beginning January 15 1, 2023. 16 Notwithstanding the provisions of article 41 17 of the mental hygiene law or any other 18 inconsistent provision of law, rule or 19 regulation, the commissioner, pursuant to 20 such contract and in the manner provided 21 therein, may pay all or a portion of the 22 expenses incurred by such voluntary agen- 23 cies arising out of loans which are funded 24 from the proceeds of bonds and notes 25 issued by the dormitory authority of the 26 state of New York. 27 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 28 the money hereby appropriated may be 29 transferred to state operations and/or any 30 appropriation of the office for people 31 with developmental disabilities with the 32 approval of the director of the budget. 33 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 34 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 35 be used for state aid of up to 100 percent 36 of the net deficit costs of day training 37 programs and family support services. 38 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 39 16.23 of the mental hygiene law and any 40 other inconsistent provision of law, with 41 relation to the operation of certified 42 family care homes, including family care 43 homes sponsored by voluntary not-for-pro- 44 fit agencies, moneys from this appropri- 45 ation may be used for payments to purchase 46 general services including but not limited 47 to respite providers, up to a maximum of 48 14 days, at rates to be established by the 49 commissioner and approved by the director 50 of the budget in consideration of factors 51 including, but not limited to, geographic 52 area and number of clients cared for in 53 the home and for payment in an amount 54 determined by the commissioner for the 55 personal needs of each client residing in 56 the family care home.
A. 6550 20 1 Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivi- 2 sion 12 of section 8 of the state finance 3 law and any other inconsistent provision 4 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 5 be used for expenses of family care homes 6 including payments to operators of certi- 7 fied family care homes for damages caused 8 by clients to personal and real property 9 in accordance with standards established 10 by the commissioner and approved by the 11 director of the budget. 12 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 13 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 14 be used for appropriate day program 15 services and residential services includ- 16 ing, but not limited to, direct housing 17 subsidies to individuals, start-up 18 expenses for family care providers, envi- 19 ronmental modifications, adaptive technol- 20 ogies, appraisals, property options, 21 feasibility studies and preoperational 22 expenses. 23 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 24 of law except pursuant to a chapter of the 25 laws of 2022 authorizing a 5.4 percent 26 cost of living adjustment, for the period 27 commencing on April 1, 2022 and ending 28 March 31, 2023 the commissioner shall not 29 apply any other cost of living adjustment 30 for the purpose of establishing rates of 31 payments, contracts or any other form of 32 reimbursement. 33 Notwithstanding section 6908 of the educa- 34 tion law and any other provision of law, 35 rule or regulation to the contrary, direct 36 support staff in programs certified or 37 approved by the office for people with 38 developmental disabilities, including the 39 home and community based services waiver 40 programs that the office for people with 41 developmental disabilities is authorized 42 to administer with federal approval pursu- 43 ant to subdivision (c) of section 1915 of 44 the federal social security act, are 45 authorized to provide such tasks as OPWDD 46 may specify when performed under the 47 supervision, training and periodic 48 inspection of a registered professional 49 nurse and in accordance with an authorized 50 practitioner's ordered care. 51 Notwithstanding any other provision of law 52 to the contrary, and consistent with 53 section 33.07 of the mental hygiene law, 54 the directors of facilities licensed but 55 not operated by the office for people with 56 developmental disabilities who act as
A. 6550 21 1 federally-appointed representative payees 2 and who assume management responsibility 3 over the funds of a resident may continue 4 to use such funds for the cost of the 5 resident's care and treatment, consistent 6 with federal law and regulations. 7 Funds appropriated herein shall be available 8 in accordance with the following: 9 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 10 of law, the director of the budget is 11 authorized to make suballocations from 12 this appropriation to the department of 13 health medical assistance program. 14 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 15 of law, and pursuant to criteria estab- 16 lished by the commissioner of the office 17 for people with developmental disabilities 18 and approved by the director of the budg- 19 et, expenditures may be made from this 20 appropriation for residential facilities 21 which are pending recertification as 22 intermediate care facilities for people 23 with developmental disabilities. 24 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 25 41.36 of the mental hygiene law and any 26 other inconsistent provision of law, 27 moneys from this appropriation may be used 28 for payment up to $250 per year per 29 client, at such times and in such manner 30 as determined by the commissioner on the 31 basis of financial need for the personal 32 needs of each client residing in voluntary 33 operated community residences and volun- 34 tary-operated community residential alter- 35 natives, including individualized residen- 36 tial alternatives under the home and 37 community based services waiver. The 38 commissioner shall, subject to the 39 approval of the director of the budget, 40 alter existing advance payment schedules 41 for voluntary-operated community resi- 42 dences established pursuant to section 43 41.36 of the mental hygiene law. Notwith- 44 standing any inconsistent provision of law 45 moneys from this appropriation may be used 46 for the operation of clinics licensed 47 pursuant to article 16 of the mental 48 hygiene law including, but not limited to, 49 supportive and habilitative services 50 consistent with the home and community 51 based services waiver. Notwithstanding 52 sections 112 and 163 of the state finance 53 law and section 142 of the economic devel- 54 opment law, or any other inconsistent 55 provision of law, funds appropriated to 56 the department of health in accordance
A. 6550 22 1 with a schedule based upon approved Medi- 2 caid claims for eligible home and communi- 3 ty-based services, or other approved 4 services as defined in section nine thou- 5 sand eight hundred and seventeen of the 6 American rescue plan act of 2021, from 7 April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023 and 8 made available by the department of health 9 via sub-allocation or transfer of up to 10 $740,000,000 may be allocated and distrib- 11 uted by the commissioner of the office for 12 people with developmental disabilities, 13 subject to approval of the director of the 14 budget, without a competitive bid or 15 request for proposal process for the 16 services and expenses of qualified appli- 17 cants. All awards will be granted utiliz- 18 ing criteria established by the commis- 19 sioner of the office for people with 20 developmental disabilities to strengthen 21 and enhance home and community-based 22 services consistent with the American 23 rescue plan act of 2021. 24 For the state share of medical assistance 25 services expenses incurred by the depart- 26 ment of health for the provision of 27 medical assistance services to people with 28 developmental disabilities (37835) ......... 152,106,000 29 For services and expenses of the community 30 services program, net of disallowances, 31 for community programs for people with 32 developmental disabilities pursuant to 33 article 41 of the mental hygiene law, 34 and/or chapter 620 of the laws of 1974, 35 chapter 660 of the laws of 1977, chapter 36 412 of the laws of 1981, chapter 27 of the 37 laws of 1987, chapter 729 of the laws of 38 1989, chapter 329 of the laws of 1993 and 39 other provisions of the mental hygiene 40 law. Notwithstanding any inconsistent 41 provision of law, the following appropri- 42 ation shall be net of prior and/or current 43 year refunds, rebates, reimbursements, and 44 credits. 45 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 46 advances and reimbursement made pursuant 47 to subdivision (d) of section 41.15 and 48 section 41.18 of the mental hygiene law 49 shall be allocated pursuant to a plan and 50 in a manner prescribed by the agency head 51 and approved by the director of the budg- 52 et. The moneys hereby appropriated are 53 available to reimburse or advance locali- 54 ties and voluntary non-profit agencies for 55 expenditures made during local fiscal 56 periods commencing January 1, 2022, April
A. 6550 23 1 1, 2022 or July 1, 2022, and for advances 2 for the 3 month period beginning January 3 1, 2023. 4 Notwithstanding the provisions of article 41 5 of the mental hygiene law or any other 6 inconsistent provision of law, rule or 7 regulation, the commissioner, pursuant to 8 such contract and in the manner provided 9 therein, may pay all or a portion of the 10 expenses incurred by such voluntary agen- 11 cies arising out of loans which are funded 12 from the proceeds of bonds and notes 13 issued by the dormitory authority of the 14 state of New York. 15 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 16 the money hereby appropriated may be 17 transferred to state operations and/or any 18 appropriation of the office for people 19 with developmental disabilities with the 20 approval of the director of the budget. 21 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 22 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 23 be used for state aid of up to 100 percent 24 of the net deficit costs of day training 25 programs and family support services. 26 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 27 16.23 of the mental hygiene law and any 28 other inconsistent provision of law, with 29 relation to the operation of certified 30 family care homes, including family care 31 homes sponsored by voluntary not-for-pro- 32 fit agencies, moneys from this appropri- 33 ation may be used for payments to purchase 34 general services including but not limited 35 to respite providers, up to a maximum of 5 36 days, at rates to be established by the 37 commissioner and approved by the director 38 of the budget in consideration of factors 39 including, but not limited to, geographic 40 area and number of clients cared for in 41 the home and for payment in an amount 42 determined by the commissioner for the 43 personal needs of each client residing in 44 the family care home. 45 Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivi- 46 sion 12 of section 8 of the state finance 47 law and any other inconsistent provision 48 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 49 be used for expenses of family care homes 50 including payments to operators of certi- 51 fied family care homes for damages caused 52 by clients to personal and real property 53 in accordance with standards established 54 by the commissioner and approved by the 55 director of the budget.
A. 6550 24 1 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 2 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 3 be used for appropriate day program 4 services and residential services includ- 5 ing, but not limited to, direct housing 6 subsidies to individuals, start-up 7 expenses for family care providers, envi- 8 ronmental modifications, adaptive technol- 9 ogies, appraisals, property options, 10 feasibility studies and preoperational 11 expenses. 12 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 13 of law except pursuant to a chapter of the 14 laws of 2021 authorizing a 5.4 percent 15 cost of living adjustment, for the period 16 commencing on April 1, 2022 and ending 17 March 31, 2023 the commissioner shall not 18 apply any other cost of living adjustment 19 for the purpose of establishing rates of 20 payments, contracts or any other form of 21 reimbursement. 22 Notwithstanding section 6908 of the educa- 23 tion law and any other provision of law, 24 rule or regulation to the contrary, direct 25 support staff in programs certified or 26 approved by the office for people with 27 developmental disabilities, including the 28 home and community based services waiver 29 programs that the office for people with 30 developmental disabilities is authorized 31 to administer with federal approval pursu- 32 ant to subdivision (c) of section 1915 of 33 the federal social security act, are 34 authorized to provide such tasks as the 35 office for people with developmental disa- 36 bilities may specify when performed under 37 the supervision, training and periodic 38 inspection of a registered professional 39 nurse and in accordance with an authorized 40 practitioner's ordered care. 41 Notwithstanding any other provision of law 42 to the contrary, and consistent with 43 section 33.07 of the mental hygiene law, 44 the directors of facilities licensed but 45 not operated by the office for people with 46 developmental disabilities who act as 47 federally-appointed representative payees 48 and who assume management responsibility 49 over the funds of a resident may continue 50 to use such funds for the cost of the 51 resident's care and treatment, consistent 52 with federal law and regulations. 53 For services and expenses related to provid- 54 ing health care and mental hygiene worker 55 bonuses.
A. 6550 25 1 Funds appropriated herein shall be available 2 in accordance with the following: 3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law 4 to the contrary, funds appropriated herein 5 are available to reimburse in- and out-of- 6 state private residential schools, pursu- 7 ant to subdivision (c) of section 13.37-a 8 and subdivision (g) of section 13.38 of 9 the mental hygiene law, for costs of 10 supporting the residential and day program 11 services available to individuals who are 12 over the age of 21 years of age, provided 13 that the amount paid for residential 14 services and/or maintenance costs is net 15 of any supplemental security income bene- 16 fit to which the individual receiving 17 services is eligible, and provided further 18 that funding for nonresidential services 19 will be in an amount not to exceed the 20 maximum reimbursement for appropriate day 21 services delivered by the office for 22 people with developmental disabilities 23 certified or approved providers other than 24 in- and out-of-state private residential 25 schools, unless otherwise authorized by 26 the director of the budget. 27 Notwithstanding section 163 of the state 28 finance law, section 142 of the economic 29 development law, and article 41 of the 30 mental hygiene law, the commissioner of 31 the office for people with developmental 32 disabilities may make the funds appropri- 33 ated herein available as state aid, a loan 34 or a grant, pursuant to terms and condi- 35 tions established by the commissioner of 36 the office for people with developmental 37 disabilities, to cover a portion of the 38 development costs of private, public 39 and/or non-profit organizations, including 40 corporations and partnerships established 41 pursuant to the private housing finance 42 law and/or any other statutory provisions, 43 for supportive housing units that have 44 been set aside for individuals with intel- 45 lectual and developmental disabilities. 46 Further, the office for people with devel- 47 opmental disabilities shall have a lien on 48 the real property developed with such 49 state aid, loans or grants, which shall be 50 in the amount of the loan or grant, for a 51 maximum term of 30 years, or other longer 52 term consistent with the requirements of 53 another regulatory agency. 54 For services and expenses related to the 55 provision of residential services to
A. 6550 26 1 people with developmental disabilities 2 (37802) ...................... [11,880,000] 14,427,000 3 For services and expenses related to the 4 provision of day program services to 5 people with developmental disabilities 6 (37803) ....................... [2,674,000] 3,247,000 7 For services and expenses related to the 8 provision of family support services to 9 people with developmental disabilities 10 (37804) ....................... [3,732,000] 4,533,000 11 For services and expenses related to the 12 provision of workshop, day training and 13 employment services to people with devel- 14 opmental disabilities. Notwithstanding any 15 other provision of law, up to $800,000 of 16 this appropriation may be transferred to 17 the New York State Education Departments' 18 Adult Career and Continuing Education 19 Services - Vocational Rehabilitation 20 (ACCES-VR) program to support the Long- 21 Term Sheltered Employment program operated 22 by FEDCAP Rehabilitation Services, Inc. 23 (37805) ....................... [2,154,000] 2,616,000 24 For other services and expenses provided to 25 people with developmental disabilities 26 including but not limited to hepatitis B, 27 care at home waiver, epilepsy services, 28 Special Olympics New York, Inc. and volun- 29 tary fingerprinting (37806) ..... [508,000] 616,000 30 -------------- 31 § 13. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 32 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 33 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 34 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 35 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 36 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 37 AID TO LOCALITIES 38 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM ................ 541,000 39 -------------- 40 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 41 Federal Health and Human Services Fund 42 Federal Health and Human Services Account - 25127 43 For allocations from the community services 44 block grant to community action agencies 45 and other eligible entities, including 46 suballocation to other state departments 47 and agencies provided however, each recip- 48 ient of funds from this appropriation 49 shall not be required to secure a local 50 share equivalent (51019) ....................... 541,000
A. 6550 27 1 -------------- 2 § 14. No expenditure may be made from any appropriation in this act, 3 until a certificate of approval has been issued by the director of the 4 budget and a copy of such certificate shall have been filed with the 5 state comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance committee and the 6 chairman of the assembly ways and means committee provided, however, 7 that any expenditures from any appropriation in this act made by the 8 legislature or judiciary shall not require such certificate. 9 § 15. All expenditures and disbursements made against the appropri- 10 ations in this act shall, upon final action by the legislature on appro- 11 priation bills submitted by the governor pursuant to article VII of the 12 state constitution for the support of government for the state fiscal 13 year beginning April 1, 2023, be transferred by the comptroller as 14 expenditures and disbursements to such appropriations for all state 15 departments and agencies, as applicable, in amounts equal to the amounts 16 charged against the appropriations in this act for each such department, 17 agency, and the legislature and the judiciary. 18 § 16. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdi- 19 vision, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of 20 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, 21 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in 22 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section 23 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg- 24 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of 25 the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such 26 invalid provisions had not been included herein. 27 § 17. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 28 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2023; provided, 29 however, that upon the transfer of expenditures and disbursements by the 30 comptroller as provided in section fifteen of this act, the appropri- 31 ations made by this act and subject to such section shall be deemed 32 repealed.