STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6260 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- (at request of the Governor) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT making appropriations for the support of government and to amend chapter 121 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, is amended to read as 10 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 20 payrolls scheduled to be paid during the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD12006-01-3
S. 6260 2 1 period April 1 through April [10] 17, 2023 2 to state officers and employees of the 3 executive branch, including the governor, 4 lieutenant governor, comptroller, and 5 attorney general, and to employees of the 6 legislature. This appropriation also 7 includes funding for payment of health 8 care and mental hygiene bonuses to eligi- 9 ble state employees, and payments for 10 services performed by mentally ill or 11 developmentally disabled persons who are 12 employed in state-operated special employ- 13 ment, work-for-pay or sheltered workshop 14 programs .................... [215,500,000] 458,000,000 15 -------------- 16 § 3. Section 3 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 17 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 18 follows: 19 § 3. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall 20 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropri- 21 ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public 22 officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be available 23 for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 24 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 25 For the payment of state operations non 26 personal service liabilities to the execu- 27 tive branch, including the comptroller, 28 and the attorney general, and legislature, 29 incurred in the ordinary course of busi- 30 ness, during the period April 1 through 31 April [10] 17, 2023, pursuant to existing 32 state law and for purposes for which the 33 legislature authorized the expenditure of 34 moneys during the 2022-2023 state fiscal 35 year; provided, however, that nothing 36 contained herein shall be deemed to limit 37 or restrict the power or authority of 38 state departments or agencies to conduct 39 their activities or operations in accord- 40 ance with existing law, and further 41 provided that nothing contained herein 42 shall be deemed to supersede, nullify or 43 modify the provisions of section 40 of the 44 state finance law prescribing when appro- 45 priations made for the 2022-2023 state 46 fiscal year shall have ceased to have 47 force and effect ............. [13,300,000] 22,000,000 48 -------------- 49 § 4. Section 4 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 50 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 51 follows:
S. 6260 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 [twelve million eight hundred 8 sixty thousand dollars ($12,860,000)] 9 thirty million dollars ($30,000,000), or 10 so much thereof as shall be sufficient to 11 accomplish the purpose designated, is 12 hereby appropriated for contracts and 13 grants approved for purposes for which the 14 legislature authorized the expenditures of 15 money during the 2022-2023 fiscal year. An 16 amount up to [twelve million eight hundred 17 sixty thousand dollars ($12,860,000)] 18 thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall 19 be available for the payment of capital 20 projects liabilities incurred during the 21 period from April 1 through April [10] 17, 22 2023 for contracts and grants approved 23 prior to April 1, 2023, provided, however, 24 that nothing contained herein shall be 25 deemed to limit or restrict the power or 26 authority of state departments or agencies 27 to conduct their activities or operations 28 in accordance with existing law, and 29 further provided that nothing contained 30 herein shall be deemed to supersede, 31 nullify, or modify the provisions of 32 section 40 of the state finance law 33 prescribing when appropriations made for 34 the 2022-2023 fiscal year shall have 35 ceased to have force and effect .......... 36 .............................. [12,860,000] 30,000,000 37 -------------- 38 § 5. Section 5 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 39 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 40 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 [two million one hundred forty 49 thousand dollars ($2,140,000)] five 50 million dollars ($5,000,000), or so much 51 thereof as shall be sufficient to accom-
S. 6260 4 1 plish the purpose designated, is hereby 2 appropriated for contracts and grants 3 approved for which the legislature author- 4 ized the expenditures of money during the 5 2022-2023 fiscal year. An amount up to 6 [two million one hundred forty thousand 7 dollars ($2,140,000)] five million dollars 8 ($5,000,000) shall be available for the 9 payment of capital projects liabilities 10 incurred during the period from April 1 11 through April [10] 17, 2023 for contracts 12 and grants approved after April 1, 2023, 13 provided, however, that nothing contained 14 herein shall be deemed to limit or 15 restrict the power or authority of state 16 departments or agencies to conduct their 17 activities or operations in accordance 18 with existing law, and further provided 19 that nothing contained herein shall be 20 deemed to supersede, nullify, or modify 21 the provisions of section 40 of the state 22 finance law prescribing when appropri- 23 ations made for the 2022-2023 fiscal year 24 shall have ceased to have force and effect 25 ............................... [2,140,000] 5,000,000 26 -------------- 27 § 6. Section 6 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 28 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 29 follows: 30 § 6. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 31 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 32 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 33 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 34 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 35 MISCELLANEOUS -- ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 36 GENERAL STATE CHARGES 37 STATE OPERATIONS 38 GENERAL STATE CHARGES ....................... [43,330,000] 524,660,000 39 -------------- 40 General Fund 41 State Purposes Account - 10050 42 For employee fringe benefits according to 43 the following project schedule including 44 those benefits which are related to 45 employees paid from funds, accounts, or 46 programs where the division of the budget 47 has issued waivers ........... [42,230,000] 522,460,000
S. 6260 5 1 Project Schedule 2 PROJECT AMOUNT 3 -------------------------------------------- 4 For the state's contribution 5 to the social security 6 contribution fund ............. 42,000,000 7 For the state's share of 8 contributions to the volun- 9 tary defined contribution 10 plan made on behalf of 11 eligible employees pursuant 12 to chapter 18 of the laws of 13 2012 who elect to partic- 14 ipate in such plan and who 15 are not otherwise eligible 16 to participate in the SUNY 17 optional retirement program 18 ................... [230,000] 460,000 19 For the state's contribution 20 to the health insurance fund 21 and deposit into the retiree 22 health benefit trust fund 23 pursuant to section 99-aa of 24 the state finance law. The 25 state's share of the health 26 insurance program dividends 27 shall be available to pay 28 for the premiums in 2023-24 .. 400,000,000 29 For payments to the state 30 insurance fund for workers' 31 compensation benefits and 32 other related workers' 33 compensation costs prior to 34 or after they become 35 incurred including but not 36 limited to the benefits 37 defined in chapters 302 and 38 303 of the laws of 1985 ....... 45,000,000 39 For the state's contribution 40 to employee benefit fund 41 programs ...................... 35,000,000 42 -------------- 43 Project schedule total ... 44 ............ [42,230,000] 522,460,000 45 -------------- 46 For the payment of the metropolitan commuter 47 transportation mobility tax pursuant to 48 article 23 of the tax law as added by 49 chapter 25 of the laws of 2009 on behalf 50 of the state employees employed in the 51 metropolitan commuter transportation 52 district ...................... [1,100,000] 2,200,000 53 --------------
S. 6260 6 1 § 7. Section 7 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 2 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 § 7. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 5 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 6 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 7 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 8 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 9 JUDICIARY 10 For the purpose of making payments for 11 personal service, including liabilities 12 incurred prior to April 1, 2023, on the 13 payrolls scheduled to be paid during the 14 period April 1 through April 17, 2023 to 15 officers and employees of the judiciary ..... 65,000,000 16 For the payment of state operations nonper- 17 sonal service liabilities, the sum of 18 [thirty-three million three hundred and 19 thirty thousand dollars ($33,330,000)] 20 fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), or so 21 much thereof as shall be sufficient to 22 accomplish the purpose designated, is 23 hereby appropriated to the judiciary out 24 of any moneys in the general fund or other 25 funds 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 non- 30 personal service liabilities incurred by 31 the judiciary from April 1 through April 32 [10] 17, 2023 ................ [33,330,000] 50,000,000 33 For the payment of aid to localities liabil- 34 ities, the sum of [ten] fifteen million 35 dollars [($10,000,000)] ($15,000,000), or 36 so much thereof as shall be sufficient to 37 accomplish the purpose designated, is 38 hereby appropriated to the judiciary out 39 of any moneys in the general fund or other 40 funds to the credit of the state purposes 41 account not otherwise appropriated. The 42 comptroller is hereby authorized and 43 directed to utilize this appropriation for 44 the purpose of making payments for aid to 45 localities liabilities incurred by the 46 judiciary from April 1 through April [10] 47 17, 2023 ..................... [10,000,000] 15,000,000 48 For the payment of employee fringe benefit 49 programs including, but not limited to, 50 the judiciary's contributions to the 51 health insurance fund, the employees' 52 retirement system pension accumulation 53 fund, the social security contribution 54 fund, employee benefit fund programs, the
S. 6260 7 1 dental insurance plan, the vision care 2 plan, the unemployment insurance fund, and 3 for workers' compensation benefits, the 4 sum of seventy-five million dollars 5 ($75,000,000), or so much thereof as shall 6 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose 7 designated, is hereby appropriated to the 8 judiciary out of any moneys in the general 9 fund or other funds to the credit of the 10 state purposes account not otherwise 11 appropriated. The comptroller is hereby 12 authorized and directed to utilize this 13 appropriation for the purpose of making 14 payments for employee fringe benefit 15 liabilities incurred by the judiciary from 16 April 1 through April 10, 2023 .............. 75,000,000 17 § 8. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall 18 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropri- 19 ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public 20 officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be available 21 for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 22 DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE 23 OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE 24 AID TO LOCALITIES 25 EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAM ...................... 235,416,000 26 -------------- 27 General Fund 28 Local Assistance Account - 10000 29 For state reimbursement of the safety net 30 assistance program as established pursuant 31 to chapter 436 of the laws of 1997. 32 Notwithstanding section 153 of the social 33 services law or any other inconsistent 34 provision of law, funds appropriated here- 35 in shall reimburse 29 percent of safety 36 net assistance expenditures, including the 37 cost of providing shelter supplements for 38 safety net assistance households at local 39 option, including eligible households 40 containing a household member who has been 41 released from prison, in order to prevent 42 eviction and address homelessness in 43 accordance with social services district 44 plans approved by the office of temporary 45 and disability assistance and the director 46 of the budget, provided, however, that in 47 social services districts with a popu- 48 lation over five million no shelter 49 supplements other than those to prevent 50 eviction shall be reimbursed, and further
S. 6260 8 1 provided that such supplements shall not 2 be part of the standard of need pursuant 3 to section 131-a of the social services 4 law. Funds appropriated herein shall also 5 reimburse 29 percent of safety net assist- 6 ance expenditures, in social services 7 districts with a population over five 8 million, for emergency shelter, transpor- 9 tation, or nutrition payments which the 10 district determines are necessary to 11 establish or maintain independent living 12 arrangements among persons living with 13 medically diagnosed HIV infection as 14 defined by the AIDS institute of the state 15 department of health and who are homeless 16 or facing homelessness and for whom no 17 viable and less costly alternative to 18 housing is available; provided, however, 19 that funds appropriated herein may only be 20 used for such purposes if the cost of such 21 allowances are not eligible for reimburse- 22 ment under medical assistance or other 23 programs. Funds appropriated herein shall 24 reimburse 29 percent of safety net assist- 25 ance expenditures, in social services 26 districts with a population of five 27 million or fewer, for emergency shelter 28 payments promulgated by the office of 29 temporary and disability assistance which 30 the district determines are necessary to 31 establish or maintain independent living 32 arrangements among persons living with 33 medically diagnosed HIV infection as 34 defined by the AIDS institute of the state 35 department of health and who are homeless 36 or facing homelessness and for whom no 37 viable and less costly alternative to 38 housing is available; provided, however, 39 that funds appropriated herein may only be 40 used for such purposes if the cost of such 41 allowances are not eligible for reimburse- 42 ment under medical assistance or other 43 programs. Funds appropriated herein shall 44 reimburse 29 percent of safety net assist- 45 ance expenditures, in social services 46 districts with a population of five 47 million or fewer, for emergency shelter 48 payments in excess of those promulgated by 49 the office of temporary and disability 50 assistance but not exceeding an amount 51 reasonably approximate to 100 percent of 52 fair market rent, at local option which 53 the district determines are necessary to 54 establish or maintain independent living 55 arrangements among persons living with 56 medically diagnosed HIV infection as
S. 6260 9 1 defined by the AIDS institute of the State 2 department of health and who are homeless 3 or facing homelessness and for whom no 4 viable and less costly alternative to 5 housing is available; provided, however, 6 that funds appropriated herein may only be 7 used for such purposes if the cost of such 8 allowances are not eligible for reimburse- 9 ment under medical assistance or other 10 programs. Such emergency shelter payments 11 shall only be made at local option and in 12 accordance with a plan approved by the 13 office of temporary and disability assist- 14 ance and the director of the budget. 15 Provided, however, notwithstanding section 16 153 of the social services law or any 17 other inconsistent provision of law, if 18 necessary funding, as determined by the 19 director of the budget, is secured in a 20 social services district from the medical 21 assistance program by reducing the capita- 22 tion rates paid to medicaid managed care 23 organizations by the amount of savings 24 resulting from stably housing individuals 25 living with medically diagnosed HIV 26 infection as defined by the AIDS institute 27 of the state department of health, the 28 social services district shall make such 29 emergency shelter payments in excess of 30 those promulgated by the office of tempo- 31 rary and disability assistance but not 32 exceeding an amount reasonably approximate 33 to 100 percent of fair market rent, and 34 the savings shall be used to reimburse 100 35 percent of the cost of such excess emer- 36 gency shelter payments for cases reim- 37 bursed under the safety net assistance or 38 family assistance programs in social 39 services districts with a population of 40 five million or fewer, in accordance with 41 a plan approved by the office of temporary 42 and disability assistance and the director 43 of the budget; provided further that 44 reimbursement shall be provided to medi- 45 caid managed care organizations through 46 adjustments to capitation rates should 47 actual gross savings not be realized as 48 determined by the director of the budget. 49 For persons living with medically diag- 50 nosed HIV infection as defined by the AIDS 51 institute of the state department of 52 health living in social service districts 53 with a population over five million who 54 are receiving public assistance, funds 55 appropriated herein shall be used to reim- 56 burse 29 percent of the additional rental
S. 6260 10 1 costs determined based on limiting such 2 person's earned and/or unearned income 3 contribution to 30 percent. For persons 4 living with medically diagnosed HIV 5 infection as defined by the AIDS institute 6 of the state department of health living 7 in social services districts with a popu- 8 lation of five million or fewer who are 9 receiving public assistance, funds appro- 10 priated herein may be used to reimburse up 11 to 100 percent of the additional rental 12 costs determined based on limiting such 13 person's earned and/or unearned income 14 contribution to 30 percent. Such payments 15 of additional rental costs shall only be 16 made at local option and in accordance 17 with a plan approved by the office of 18 temporary and disability assistance and 19 the director of the budget. Provided, 20 however, notwithstanding section 153 of 21 the social services law or any other 22 inconsistent provision of law, if neces- 23 sary funding, as determined by the direc- 24 tor of the budget, is secured in a social 25 services district from the medical assist- 26 ance program by reducing the capitation 27 rates paid to medicaid managed care organ- 28 izations by the amount of savings result- 29 ing from stably housing individuals living 30 with medically diagnosed HIV infection as 31 defined by the AIDS institute of the state 32 department of health, the social services 33 district shall make such payments of addi- 34 tional rental costs, for cases reimbursed 35 under the safety net assistance and family 36 assistance program, and the savings shall 37 be used to reimburse 100 percent of the 38 cost of the additional rental costs deter- 39 mined based on limiting such person's 40 earned and/or unearned income contribution 41 to 30 percent in social services districts 42 with a population of five million or 43 fewer, in accordance with a plan approved 44 by the director of the budget. Amounts 45 appropriated herein may be used to enter 46 into contracts with persons or entities 47 authorized pursuant to subdivision (i) of 48 section 17 of the social services law 49 consistent with federal law and require- 50 ments. Such contracts will be consistent 51 with subdivision (i) of section 17 of the 52 social services law. Notwithstanding 53 section 153 of the social services law or 54 any other inconsistent provision of law, 55 the office may reduce reimbursement other- 56 wise payable to social services districts
S. 6260 11 1 to recover 29 percent of costs incurred by 2 the office for expenditures related to 3 subdivision (i) of section 17 of the 4 social services law. Such funds are to be 5 available for payment of aid heretofore 6 accrued or hereafter to accrue to munici- 7 palities. Subject to the approval of the 8 director of the budget, such funds shall 9 be available to the office of temporary 10 and disability assistance net of disallow- 11 ances, refunds, reimbursements, and cred- 12 its, including those related to title IV-E 13 of the social security act; and including, 14 but not limited to, additional federal 15 funds resulting from any changes in feder- 16 al cost allocation methodologies. Notwith- 17 standing any inconsistent provision of 18 law, the amount herein appropriated may be 19 increased or decreased by interchange with 20 any other appropriation within the office 21 of temporary and disability assistance 22 general fund - local assistance account 23 with the approval of the director of the 24 budget, who shall file such approval with 25 the department of audit and control and 26 copies thereof with the chairman of the 27 senate finance committee and the chairman 28 of the assembly ways and means committee. 29 Social services districts shall be 30 required to report to the office of tempo- 31 rary and disability assistance on an annu- 32 al basis, information, as determined and 33 requested by the office, related to 34 services and expenditures for which 35 reimbursement is sought for providing 36 temporary housing assistance to homeless 37 individuals and families. Such information 38 shall be submitted electronically to the 39 extent feasible as determined by the 40 office, and shall be used to evaluate 41 expenditures by such social services 42 districts for the provision of temporary 43 housing assistance for homeless individ- 44 uals and families. Notwithstanding section 45 153 of the social services law, or any 46 other inconsistent provision of law, the 47 office of temporary and disability assist- 48 ance may withhold or deny reimbursement, 49 in whole or in part, to any social 50 services district that fails to develop or 51 submit a homeless services plan subject to 52 the approval of the office of temporary 53 and disability assistance, fails to 54 provide homeless services and outreach in 55 accordance with its approved homeless 56 services plan, or fails to develop or
S. 6260 12 1 submit homeless services outcome reports, 2 consistent with those requirements promul- 3 gated by the office of temporary and disa- 4 bility assistance. Notwithstanding section 5 153 of the social services law, or any 6 other inconsistent provision of law, such 7 appropriation shall be available for 8 reimbursement of eligible costs incurred 9 on or after January 1, 2023 and before 10 January 1, 2024, that are otherwise reim- 11 bursable by the state on or after April 1, 12 2023, that are claimed by March 1, 2024. 13 Such reimbursement shall constitute total 14 state reimbursement for activities funded 15 herein in state fiscal year 2023-24 16 (52203) ..................................... 52,083,000 17 For expenditures for additional state 18 payments for eligible aged, blind, and 19 disabled persons related to supplemental 20 security income and for expenditures made 21 pursuant to title 8 of article 5 of the 22 social services law. Such funds are avail- 23 able for payment of aid heretofore accrued 24 or hereafter to accrue. Notwithstanding 25 any inconsistent provision of law, the 26 amount herein appropriated may be 27 increased or decreased by interchange with 28 any other appropriation within the office 29 of temporary and disability assistance 30 general fund - local assistance account 31 with the approval of the director of the 32 budget, who shall file such approval with 33 the department of audit and control and 34 copies thereof with the chairman of the 35 senate finance committee and the chairman 36 of the assembly ways and means committee 37 (52311) ..................................... 58,333,000 38 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 39 Federal Health and Human Services Fund 40 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Account - 25178 41 For reimbursement of the cost of the family 42 assistance and the emergency assistance to 43 families programs. Notwithstanding section 44 153 of the social services law or any 45 inconsistent provision of law, funds 46 appropriated herein shall be provided 47 without state or local participation 48 except that for social services districts 49 with a population of five million or more, 50 reimbursement will be eighty-five percent. 51 Funds appropriated herein shall also 52 include the cost of providing shelter 53 supplements for family assistance house- 54 holds at local option, including eligible
S. 6260 13 1 households containing a household member 2 who has been released from prison, in 3 order to prevent eviction and address 4 homelessness in accordance with social 5 services district plans approved by the 6 office of temporary and disability assist- 7 ance and the director of the budget, 8 provided, however, that in social services 9 districts with a population over five 10 million no shelter supplements other than 11 those to prevent eviction shall be reim- 12 bursed, and further provided that such 13 supplements shall not be part of the stan- 14 dard of need pursuant to section 131-a of 15 the social services law. Funds appropri- 16 ated herein shall also reimburse for fami- 17 ly assistance expenditures for emergency 18 shelter, transportation, or nutrition 19 payments which the district determines are 20 necessary to establish or maintain inde- 21 pendent living arrangements among persons 22 living with medically diagnosed HIV 23 infection as defined by the AIDS institute 24 of the State department of health and who 25 are homeless or facing homelessness and 26 for whom no viable and less costly alter- 27 native to housing is available; provided, 28 however, that funds appropriated herein 29 may only be used for such purposes if the 30 cost of such allowances are not eligible 31 for reimbursement under medical assistance 32 or other programs. For persons living with 33 medically diagnosed HIV infection as 34 defined by the AIDS institute of the state 35 department of health who are receiving 36 public assistance funds appropriated here- 37 in shall not be used to reimburse the 38 additional rental costs determined based 39 on limiting such person's earned and/or 40 unearned income contribution to 30 41 percent. Amounts appropriated herein may 42 be used to enter into contracts with 43 persons or entities authorized pursuant to 44 subdivision (i) of section 17 of the 45 social services law consistent with feder- 46 al law and requirements. Such contracts 47 will be made consistent with subdivision 48 (i) of section 17 of the social services 49 law. Notwithstanding section 153 of the 50 social services law or any other incon- 51 sistent provision of law, the office may 52 reduce reimbursement otherwise payable to 53 social services districts to recover the 54 federal share of costs incurred by the 55 office for expenditures related to subdi- 56 vision (i) of section 17 of the social
S. 6260 14 1 services law. Such funds are to be avail- 2 able for payment of aid heretofore accrued 3 or hereafter to accrue to municipalities. 4 Subject to the approval of the director of 5 the budget, such funds shall be available 6 to the office of temporary and disability 7 assistance net of disallowances, refunds, 8 reimbursements, and credits including, but 9 not limited to, additional federal funds 10 resulting from any changes in federal cost 11 allocation methodologies. Notwithstanding 12 any inconsistent provision of law, the 13 amount herein appropriated may be 14 increased or decreased by interchange with 15 any other appropriation within the office 16 of temporary and disability assistance 17 federal fund - local assistance account 18 with the approval of the director of the 19 budget, who shall file such approval with 20 the department of audit and control and 21 copies thereof with the chairman of the 22 senate finance committee and the chairman 23 of the assembly ways and means committee. 24 Social services districts shall be 25 required to report to the office of tempo- 26 rary and disability assistance on an annu- 27 al basis, information, as determined and 28 requested by the office, related to 29 services and expenditures for which 30 reimbursement is sought for providing 31 temporary housing assistance to homeless 32 individuals and families. Such information 33 shall be submitted electronically to the 34 extent feasible as determined by the 35 office, and shall be used to evaluate 36 expenditures by such social services 37 districts for the provision of temporary 38 housing assistance for homeless individ- 39 uals and families. Notwithstanding section 40 153 of the social services law, or any 41 other inconsistent provision of law, the 42 office of temporary and disability assist- 43 ance may withhold or deny reimbursement, 44 in whole or in part, to any social 45 services district that fails to develop or 46 submit a homeless services plan subject to 47 the approval of the office of temporary 48 and disability assistance, fails to 49 provide homeless services and outreach in 50 accordance with its approved homeless 51 services plan, or fails to develop or 52 submit homeless services outcome reports, 53 consistent with those requirements promul- 54 gated by the office of temporary and disa- 55 bility assistance. Notwithstanding section 56 153 of the social services law, or any
S. 6260 15 1 other inconsistent provision of law, such 2 appropriation shall be available for 3 reimbursement of eligible costs incurred 4 on or after January 1, 2023 and before 5 January 1, 2024, that are otherwise reim- 6 bursable by the state on or after April 1, 7 2023, that are claimed by March 1, 2024. 8 Such reimbursement shall constitute total 9 federal reimbursement for activities fund- 10 ed herein in state fiscal year 2023-24 11 (52203) .................................... 125,000,000 12 § 9. Section 8 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 13 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 14 follows: 15 § 8. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 16 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 17 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 18 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 19 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 20 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 21 AID TO LOCALITIES 22 CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM .......... [13,867,000] 19,200,000 23 -------------- 24 General Fund 25 Local Assistance Account - 10000 26 For services and expenses related to the 27 Indian health program. The moneys hereby 28 appropriated shall be for payment of 29 financial assistance heretofore accrued or 30 hereafter to accrue (26840) .................. 3,200,000 31 -------------- 32 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 33 Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Fund 34 Federal Food and Nutrition Services Account - 25022 35 For various federal food and nutritional 36 services. The moneys hereby appropriated 37 shall be available for payment of finan- 38 cial assistance heretofore accrued (26986) 39 .............................. [10,667,000] 16,000,000 40 -------------- 41 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ................................... 9,000,000 42 -------------- 43 General Fund 44 Local Assistance Account - 10000
S. 6260 16 1 For transfer to health research incorporated 2 (HRI) for the AIDS drug assistance 3 program, including payments to Ryan White 4 centers (29880) .............................. 9,000,000 5 § 10. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 6 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 7 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 8 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 9 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 10 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 11 AID TO LOCALITIES 12 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM ..................... 400,000,000 13 -------------- 14 Enterprise Funds 15 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fund 16 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Account - 50650 17 For payment of unemployment insurance bene- 18 fits pursuant to article 18 of the labor 19 law or as authorized by the federal 20 government through the disaster unemploy- 21 ment assistance program, the emergency 22 unemployment compensation program, the 23 extended benefit program, the federal 24 additional compensation program or any 25 other federally funded unemployment bene- 26 fit program (34787) ........................ 400,000,000 27 § 11. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 28 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 29 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 30 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 31 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 32 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 33 AID TO LOCALITIES 34 DEDICATED MASS TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND PROGRAM ............ 71,400,000 35 -------------- 36 Special Revenue Funds - Other 37 Dedicated Mass Transportation Trust Fund 38 Railroad Account - 20852 39 To the metropolitan transportation authority 40 for deposit in the metropolitan transpor- 41 tation authority dedicated tax fund for 42 the expenses of the New York city transit 43 authority, the Manhattan and Bronx surface
S. 6260 17 1 transit operating authority, and the 2 Staten Island rapid transit operating 3 authority, the Long Island rail road 4 company and the Metro-North commuter rail- 5 road company which includes the New York 6 state portion of the Harlem, Hudson, Port 7 Jervis, Pascack, and the New Haven commu- 8 ter railroad service regardless of whether 9 the services are provided directly or 10 pursuant to joint service agreements. 11 No expenditure shall be made hereunder until 12 a certificate of approval has been issued 13 by the director of the budget and a copy 14 of such certificate filed with the state 15 comptroller, the chairperson of the senate 16 finance committee and the chairperson of 17 the assembly ways and means committee. 18 Moneys appropriated herein may be made 19 available at such times and upon such 20 conditions as may be deemed appropriate by 21 the commissioner of transportation and the 22 director of the budget in accordance with 23 the following: 24 To the metropolitan transportation authority 25 for the operating expenses of the Long 26 Island rail road company and the Metro- 27 North commuter railroad company which 28 include operating expenses for the New 29 York state portion of Harlem, Hudson, Port 30 Jervis, Pascack, and New Haven commuter 31 railroad services regardless of whether 32 such services are provided directly or 33 pursuant to joint service agreements 34 (54282) ..................................... 10,800,000 35 -------------- 36 Special Revenue Funds - Other 37 Dedicated Mass Transportation Trust Fund 38 Transit Authorities Account - 20851 39 To the metropolitan transportation authority 40 for deposit in the metropolitan transpor- 41 tation authority dedicated tax fund for 42 the expenses of the New York city transit 43 authority, the Manhattan and Bronx surface 44 transit operating authority, and the 45 Staten Island rapid transit operating 46 authority, the Long Island rail road 47 company and the Metro-North commuter rail- 48 road company which includes the New York 49 state portion of the Harlem, Hudson, Port 50 Jervis, Pascack, and the New Haven commu- 51 ter railroad service regardless of whether 52 the services are provided directly or 53 pursuant to joint service agreements.
S. 6260 18 1 No expenditure shall be made hereunder until 2 a certificate of approval has been issued 3 by the director of the budget and a copy 4 of such certificate filed with the state 5 comptroller, the chairperson of the senate 6 finance committee and the chairperson of 7 the assembly ways and means committee. 8 Moneys appropriated herein may be made 9 available at such times and upon such 10 conditions as may be deemed appropriate by 11 the commissioner of transportation and the 12 director of the budget in accordance with 13 the following: 14 To the metropolitan transportation authority 15 for the operating expenses of the New York 16 city transit authority, the Manhattan and 17 Bronx surface transit operating authority, 18 and the Staten Island rapid transit oper- 19 ating authority (53173) ..................... 60,600,000 20 -------------- 21 § 12. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as 22 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby 23 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 24 public officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be 25 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 26 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES 27 AID TO LOCALITIES 28 BLIND VETERAN ANNUITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ....................... 385,000 29 -------------- 30 General Fund 31 Local Assistance Account - 10000 32 For payment of annuities to blind veterans 33 and eligible surviving spouses. Up to 34 $15,000 of this appropriation may be 35 transferred to state operations for admin- 36 istrative costs associated with this 37 program (54606) ................................ 385,000 38 -------------- 39 § 13. No expenditure may be made from any appropriation in this act, 40 until a certificate of approval has been issued by the director of the 41 budget and a copy of such certificate shall have been filed with the 42 state comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance committee and the 43 chairman of the assembly ways and means committee provided, however, 44 that any expenditures from any appropriation in this act made by the 45 legislature or judiciary shall not require such certificate. 46 § 14. All expenditures and disbursements made against the appropri- 47 ations in this act shall, upon final action by the legislature on appro- 48 priation bills submitted by the governor pursuant to article VII of the
S. 6260 19 1 state constitution for the support of government for the state fiscal 2 year beginning April 1, 2023, be transferred by the comptroller as 3 expenditures and disbursements to such appropriations for all state 4 departments and agencies, as applicable, in amounts equal to the amounts 5 charged against the appropriations in this act for each such department, 6 agency, and the legislature and the judiciary. 7 § 15. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdi- 8 vision, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of 9 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, 10 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in 11 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section 12 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg- 13 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of 14 the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such 15 invalid provisions had not been included herein. 16 § 16. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 17 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2023; provided, 18 however, that upon the transfer of expenditures and disbursements by the 19 comptroller as provided in section fourteen of this act, the appropri- 20 ations made by this act and subject to such section shall be deemed 21 repealed.