STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6340 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 17, 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; 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD12008-01-3
S. 6340 2 1 incurred prior to April 1, 2023, on the 2 payrolls scheduled to be paid during the 3 period April 1 through April [17] 20, 2023 4 to state officers and employees of the 5 executive branch, including the governor, 6 lieutenant governor, comptroller, and 7 attorney general, and to employees of the 8 legislature. This appropriation also 9 includes funding for payment of health 10 care and mental hygiene bonuses to eligi- 11 ble state employees, and payments for 12 services performed by mentally ill or 13 developmentally disabled persons who are 14 employed in state-operated special employ- 15 ment, work-for-pay or sheltered workshop 16 programs .................... [458,000,000] 714,000,000 17 -------------- 18 § 3. Section 3 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 19 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 122 20 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 21 § 3. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall 22 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropri- 23 ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public 24 officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be available 25 for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 26 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 27 For the payment of state operations non 28 personal service liabilities to the execu- 29 tive branch, including the comptroller, 30 and the attorney general, and legislature, 31 incurred in the ordinary course of busi- 32 ness, during the period April 1 through 33 April [17] 20, 2023, pursuant to existing 34 state law and for purposes for which the 35 legislature authorized the expenditure of 36 moneys during the 2022-2023 state fiscal 37 year; provided, however, that nothing 38 contained herein shall be deemed to limit 39 or restrict the power or authority of 40 state departments or agencies to conduct 41 their activities or operations in accord- 42 ance with existing law, and further 43 provided that nothing contained herein 44 shall be deemed to supersede, nullify or 45 modify the provisions of section 40 of the 46 state finance law prescribing when appro- 47 priations made for the 2022-2023 state 48 fiscal year shall have ceased to have 49 force and effect ............. [22,000,000] 48,600,000 50 --------------
S. 6340 3 1 § 4. Section 4 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 2 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 122 3 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 4 § 4. 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 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 10 The sum of [thirty million dollars 11 ($30,000,000)] one hundred seventy million 12 dollars ($170,000,000), or so much thereof 13 as shall be sufficient to accomplish the 14 purpose designated, is hereby appropriated 15 for contracts and grants approved for 16 purposes for which the legislature author- 17 ized the expenditures of money during the 18 2022-2023 fiscal year. An amount up to 19 [thirty million dollars ($30,000,000)] one 20 hundred seventy million dollars 21 ($170,000,000) shall be available for the 22 payment of capital projects liabilities 23 incurred during the period from April 1 24 through April [17] 20, 2023 for contracts 25 and grants approved prior to April 1, 26 2023, provided, however, that nothing 27 contained herein shall be deemed to limit 28 or restrict the power or authority of 29 state departments or agencies to conduct 30 their activities or operations in accord- 31 ance with existing law, and further 32 provided that nothing contained herein 33 shall be deemed to supersede, nullify, or 34 modify the provisions of section 40 of the 35 state finance law prescribing when appro- 36 priations made for the 2022-2023 fiscal 37 year shall have ceased to have force and 38 effect ................................... 39 .............................. [30,000,000] 170,000,000 40 -------------- 41 § 5. Section 5 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 42 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 122 43 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 44 § 5. The several amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof 45 as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, are hereby 46 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 47 respective public officers and for the several purposes specified, which 48 amounts shall be available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 49 2023. 50 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 51 The sum of [five million dollars
S. 6340 4 1 ($5,000,000)] thirty million dollars 2 ($30,000,000), or so much thereof as shall 3 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose 4 designated, is hereby appropriated for 5 contracts and grants approved for which 6 the legislature authorized the expendi- 7 tures of money during the 2022-2023 fiscal 8 year. An amount up to [five million 9 dollars ($5,000,000)] thirty million 10 dollars ($30,000,000) shall be available 11 for the payment of capital projects 12 liabilities incurred during the period 13 from April 1 through April [17] 20, 2023 14 for contracts and grants approved after 15 April 1, 2023, provided, however, that 16 nothing contained herein shall be deemed 17 to limit or restrict the power or authori- 18 ty of state departments or agencies to 19 conduct their activities or operations in 20 accordance with existing law, and further 21 provided that nothing contained herein 22 shall be deemed to supersede, nullify, or 23 modify the provisions of section 40 of the 24 state finance law prescribing when appro- 25 priations made for the 2022-2023 fiscal 26 year shall have ceased to have force and 27 effect ........................ [5,000,000] 30,000,000 28 -------------- 29 § 6. Section 6 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 30 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 122 31 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 32 § 6. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 33 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 34 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 35 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 36 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 37 MISCELLANEOUS -- ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 38 GENERAL STATE CHARGES 39 STATE OPERATIONS 40 GENERAL STATE CHARGES ...................... [524,660,000] 559,815,000 41 -------------- 42 General Fund 43 State Purposes Account - 10050 44 For employee fringe benefits according to 45 the following project schedule including 46 those benefits which are related to 47 employees paid from funds, accounts, or 48 programs where the division of the budget 49 has issued waivers .......... [522,460,000] 556,440,000
S. 6340 5 1 Project Schedule 2 PROJECT AMOUNT 3 -------------------------------------------- 4 For the state's contribution 5 to the social security 6 contribution fund .......... 7 ................ [42,000,000] 70,000,000 8 For the state's share of 9 contributions to the volun- 10 tary defined contribution 11 plan made on behalf of 12 eligible employees pursuant 13 to chapter 18 of the laws of 14 2012 who elect to partic- 15 ipate in such plan and who 16 are not otherwise eligible 17 to participate in the SUNY 18 optional retirement program 19 ................... [460,000] 690,000 20 For the state's contribution 21 to the health insurance fund 22 and deposit into the retiree 23 health benefit trust fund 24 pursuant to section 99-aa of 25 the state finance law. The 26 state's share of the health 27 insurance program dividends 28 shall be available to pay 29 for the premiums in 2023-24 .. 400,000,000 30 For payments to the state 31 insurance fund for workers' 32 compensation benefits and 33 other related workers' 34 compensation costs prior to 35 or after they become 36 incurred including but not 37 limited to the benefits 38 defined in chapters 302 and 39 303 of the laws of 1985 ....... 45,000,000 40 For the state's contribution 41 to employee benefit fund 42 programs ...................... 35,000,000 43 For the state's contribution 44 to the dental insurance plan ... 4,250,000 45 For the state's contribution 46 to the vision care plan ........ 1,500,000 47 -------------- 48 Project schedule total ... 49 ........... [522,460,000] 556,440,000 50 -------------- 51 For the payment of the metropolitan commuter 52 transportation mobility tax pursuant to 53 article 23 of the tax law as added by 54 chapter 25 of the laws of 2009 on behalf 55 of the state employees employed in the
S. 6340 6 1 metropolitan commuter transportation 2 district ...................... [2,200,000] 3,300,000 3 -------------- 4 For payment of claims for damage to personal 5 or real property or for bodily injuries or 6 wrongful death caused by officers, employ- 7 ees, or other authorized persons providing 8 service to state government while provid- 9 ing such service, and the state university 10 construction fund while acting within the 11 scope of their employment, and while oper- 12 ating motor vehicles, and for any individ- 13 uals operating motor vehicles which are 14 assigned on a permanent basis with unre- 15 stricted use to state officers and employ- 16 ees when the person is permanently 17 assigned the motor vehicle (80559) .............. 75,000 18 -------------- 19 § 7. Section 7 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 20 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 122 21 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 22 § 7. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 23 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 24 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 25 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 26 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 27 JUDICIARY 28 For the purpose of making payments for 29 personal service, including liabilities 30 incurred prior to April 1, 2023, on the 31 payrolls scheduled to be paid during the 32 period April 1 through April [17] 20, 2023 33 to officers and employees of the judiciary 34 ............................................. 65,000,000 35 For the payment of state operations nonper- 36 sonal service liabilities, the sum of 37 fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), or so 38 much thereof as shall be sufficient to 39 accomplish the purpose designated, is 40 hereby appropriated to the judiciary out 41 of any moneys in the general fund or other 42 funds to the credit of the state purposes 43 account not otherwise appropriated. The 44 comptroller is hereby authorized and 45 directed to utilize this appropriation for 46 the purpose of making payments for non- 47 personal service liabilities incurred by 48 the judiciary from April 1 through April 49 [17] 20, 2023 ............................... 50,000,000 50 For the payment of aid to localities liabil- 51 ities, the sum of fifteen million dollars 52 ($15,000,000), or so much thereof as shall
S. 6340 7 1 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose 2 designated, is hereby appropriated to the 3 judiciary out of any moneys in the general 4 fund or other funds to the credit of the 5 state purposes account not otherwise 6 appropriated. The comptroller is hereby 7 authorized and directed to utilize this 8 appropriation for the purpose of making 9 payments for aid to localities liabilities 10 incurred by the judiciary from April 1 11 through April [17] 20, 2023 ................. 15,000,000 12 For the payment of employee fringe benefit 13 programs including, but not limited to, 14 the judiciary's contributions to the 15 health insurance fund, the employees' 16 retirement system pension accumulation 17 fund, the social security contribution 18 fund, employee benefit fund programs, the 19 dental insurance plan, the vision care 20 plan, the unemployment insurance fund, and 21 for workers' compensation benefits, the 22 sum of [seventy-five million dollars 23 ($75,000,000)] two hundred eighty-one 24 million dollars ($281,000,000), or so much 25 thereof as shall be sufficient to accom- 26 plish the purpose designated, is hereby 27 appropriated to the judiciary out of any 28 moneys in the general fund or other funds 29 to the credit of the state purposes 30 account not otherwise appropriated. The 31 comptroller is hereby authorized and 32 directed to utilize this appropriation for 33 the purpose of making payments for employ- 34 ee fringe benefit liabilities incurred by 35 the judiciary from April 1 through April 36 [10] 20, 2023 ................ [75,000,000] 281,000,000 37 § 8. Section 8 of chapter 122 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 38 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 39 follows: 40 § 8. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall 41 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropri- 42 ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public 43 officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be available 44 for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 45 DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE 46 OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE 47 AID TO LOCALITIES 48 EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAM ...................... 235,416,000 49 -------------- 50 General Fund 51 Local Assistance Account - 10000
S. 6340 8 1 For state reimbursement of the safety net 2 assistance program as established pursuant 3 to chapter 436 of the laws of 1997. 4 Notwithstanding section 153 of the social 5 services law or any other inconsistent 6 provision of law, funds appropriated here- 7 in shall reimburse 29 percent of safety 8 net assistance expenditures, including the 9 cost of providing shelter supplements for 10 safety net assistance households at local 11 option, including eligible households 12 containing a household member who has been 13 released from prison, in order to prevent 14 eviction and address homelessness in 15 accordance with social services district 16 plans approved by the office of temporary 17 and disability assistance and the director 18 of the budget, provided, however, that in 19 social services districts with a popu- 20 lation over five million no shelter 21 supplements other than [those to prevent 22 eviction] the family homelessness and 23 eviction prevention supplement shall be 24 reimbursed, provided however funds appro- 25 priated herein shall only be used to reim- 26 burse rental costs up to the maximum rent 27 levels in place as of January 1, 2021, 28 then adjusted consistent with the annual 29 year-over-year percentage changes in fair 30 market rent, provided, however, in the 31 event of a decrease in fair market rent 32 the value of the maximum rent levels reim- 33 bursed with funds appropriated herein 34 shall not decrease and shall be set at the 35 maximum rent levels established during the 36 prior year, and further provided that such 37 supplements shall not be part of the stan- 38 dard of need pursuant to section 131-a of 39 the social services law. Funds appropri- 40 ated herein shall also reimburse 29 41 percent of safety net assistance expendi- 42 tures, in social services districts with a 43 population over five million, for emergen- 44 cy shelter, transportation, or nutrition 45 payments which the district determines are 46 necessary to establish or maintain inde- 47 pendent living arrangements among persons 48 living with medically diagnosed HIV 49 infection as defined by the AIDS institute 50 of the state department of health and who 51 are homeless or facing homelessness and 52 for whom no viable and less costly alter- 53 native to housing is available; provided, 54 however, that funds appropriated herein 55 may only be used for such purposes if the 56 cost of such allowances are not eligible
S. 6340 9 1 for reimbursement under medical assistance 2 or other programs. Funds appropriated 3 herein shall reimburse 29 percent of safe- 4 ty net assistance expenditures, in social 5 services districts with a population of 6 five million or fewer, for emergency shel- 7 ter payments promulgated by the office of 8 temporary and disability assistance which 9 the district determines are necessary to 10 establish or maintain independent living 11 arrangements among persons living with 12 medically diagnosed HIV infection as 13 defined by the AIDS institute of the state 14 department of health and who are homeless 15 or facing homelessness and for whom no 16 viable and less costly alternative to 17 housing is available; provided, however, 18 that funds appropriated herein may only be 19 used for such purposes if the cost of such 20 allowances are not eligible for reimburse- 21 ment under medical assistance or other 22 programs. Funds appropriated herein shall 23 reimburse 29 percent of safety net assist- 24 ance expenditures, in social services 25 districts with a population of five 26 million or fewer, for emergency shelter 27 payments in excess of those promulgated by 28 the office of temporary and disability 29 assistance but not exceeding an amount 30 reasonably approximate to 100 percent of 31 fair market rent, at local option which 32 the district determines are necessary to 33 establish or maintain independent living 34 arrangements among persons living with 35 medically diagnosed HIV infection as 36 defined by the AIDS institute of the State 37 department of health and who are homeless 38 or facing homelessness and for whom no 39 viable and less costly alternative to 40 housing is available; provided, however, 41 that funds appropriated herein may only be 42 used for such purposes if the cost of such 43 allowances are not eligible for reimburse- 44 ment under medical assistance or other 45 programs. Such emergency shelter payments 46 shall only be made at local option and in 47 accordance with a plan approved by the 48 office of temporary and disability assist- 49 ance and the director of the budget. 50 Provided, however, notwithstanding section 51 153 of the social services law or any 52 other inconsistent provision of law, if 53 necessary funding, as determined by the 54 director of the budget, is secured in a 55 social services district from the medical 56 assistance program by reducing the capita-
S. 6340 10 1 tion rates paid to medicaid managed care 2 organizations by the amount of savings 3 resulting from stably housing individuals 4 living with medically diagnosed HIV 5 infection as defined by the AIDS institute 6 of the state department of health, the 7 social services district shall make such 8 emergency shelter payments in excess of 9 those promulgated by the office of tempo- 10 rary and disability assistance but not 11 exceeding an amount reasonably approximate 12 to 100 percent of fair market rent, and 13 the savings shall be used to reimburse 100 14 percent of the cost of such excess emer- 15 gency shelter payments for cases reim- 16 bursed under the safety net assistance or 17 family assistance programs in social 18 services districts with a population of 19 five million or fewer, in accordance with 20 a plan approved by the office of temporary 21 and disability assistance and the director 22 of the budget; provided further that 23 reimbursement shall be provided to medi- 24 caid managed care organizations through 25 adjustments to capitation rates should 26 actual gross savings not be realized as 27 determined by the director of the budget. 28 For persons living with medically diag- 29 nosed HIV infection as defined by the AIDS 30 institute of the state department of 31 health living in social service districts 32 with a population over five million who 33 are receiving public assistance, funds 34 appropriated herein shall be used to reim- 35 burse 29 percent of the additional rental 36 costs determined based on limiting such 37 person's earned and/or unearned income 38 contribution to 30 percent. For persons 39 living with medically diagnosed HIV 40 infection as defined by the AIDS institute 41 of the state department of health living 42 in social services districts with a popu- 43 lation of five million or fewer who are 44 receiving public assistance, funds appro- 45 priated herein may be used to reimburse up 46 to 100 percent of the additional rental 47 costs determined based on limiting such 48 person's earned and/or unearned income 49 contribution to 30 percent. Such payments 50 of additional rental costs shall only be 51 made at local option and in accordance 52 with a plan approved by the office of 53 temporary and disability assistance and 54 the director of the budget. Provided, 55 however, notwithstanding section 153 of 56 the social services law or any other
S. 6340 11 1 inconsistent provision of law, if neces- 2 sary funding, as determined by the direc- 3 tor of the budget, is secured in a social 4 services district from the medical assist- 5 ance program by reducing the capitation 6 rates paid to medicaid managed care organ- 7 izations by the amount of savings result- 8 ing from stably housing individuals living 9 with medically diagnosed HIV infection as 10 defined by the AIDS institute of the state 11 department of health, the social services 12 district shall make such payments of addi- 13 tional rental costs, for cases reimbursed 14 under the safety net assistance and family 15 assistance program, and the savings shall 16 be used to reimburse 100 percent of the 17 cost of the additional rental costs deter- 18 mined based on limiting such person's 19 earned and/or unearned income contribution 20 to 30 percent in social services districts 21 with a population of five million or 22 fewer, in accordance with a plan approved 23 by the office of temporary and disability 24 assistance and the director of the budget; 25 provided further that reimbursement shall 26 be provided to medicaid managed care 27 organizations through adjustments to capi- 28 tation rates should actual gross savings 29 not be realized as determined by the 30 director of the budget. Amounts appropri- 31 ated herein may be used to enter into 32 contracts with persons or entities author- 33 ized pursuant to subdivision [(i)] (j) of 34 section 17 of the social services law 35 consistent with federal law and require- 36 ments. Such contracts will be consistent 37 with subdivision [(i)] (j) of section 17 38 of the social services law. Notwithstand- 39 ing section 153 of the social services law 40 or any other inconsistent provision of 41 law, the office may reduce reimbursement 42 otherwise payable to social services 43 districts to recover 29 percent of costs 44 incurred by the office for expenditures 45 related to subdivision [(i)] (j) of 46 section 17 of the social services law. 47 Such funds are to be available for payment 48 of aid heretofore accrued or hereafter to 49 accrue to municipalities. Subject to the 50 approval of the director of the budget, 51 such funds shall be available to the 52 office of temporary and disability assist- 53 ance net of disallowances, refunds, 54 reimbursements, and credits, including 55 those related to title IV-E of the social 56 security act; and including, but not
S. 6340 12 1 limited to, additional federal funds 2 resulting from any changes in federal cost 3 allocation methodologies. Notwithstanding 4 any inconsistent provision of law, the 5 amount herein appropriated may be 6 increased or decreased by interchange with 7 any other appropriation within the office 8 of temporary and disability assistance 9 general fund - local assistance account 10 with the approval of the director of the 11 budget, who shall file such approval with 12 the department of audit and control and 13 copies thereof with the chairman of the 14 senate finance committee and the chairman 15 of the assembly ways and means committee. 16 Social services districts shall be 17 required to report to the office of tempo- 18 rary and disability assistance on an annu- 19 al basis, information, as determined and 20 requested by the office, related to 21 services and expenditures for which 22 reimbursement is sought for providing 23 temporary housing assistance to homeless 24 individuals and families. Such information 25 shall be submitted electronically to the 26 extent feasible as determined by the 27 office, and shall be used to evaluate 28 expenditures by such social services 29 districts for the provision of temporary 30 housing assistance for homeless individ- 31 uals and families. Notwithstanding section 32 153 of the social services law, or any 33 other inconsistent provision of law, the 34 office of temporary and disability assist- 35 ance may withhold or deny reimbursement, 36 in whole or in part, to any social 37 services district that fails to develop or 38 submit a homeless services plan subject to 39 the approval of the office of temporary 40 and disability assistance, fails to 41 provide homeless services and outreach in 42 accordance with its approved homeless 43 services plan, or fails to develop or 44 submit homeless services outcome reports, 45 consistent with those requirements promul- 46 gated by the office of temporary and disa- 47 bility assistance. Notwithstanding section 48 153 of the social services law, or any 49 other inconsistent provision of law, such 50 appropriation shall be available for 51 reimbursement of eligible costs incurred 52 on or after January 1, 2023 and before 53 January 1, 2024, that are otherwise reim- 54 bursable by the state on or after April 1, 55 2023, that are claimed by March 1, 2024.
S. 6340 13 1 Such reimbursement shall constitute total 2 state reimbursement for activities funded 3 herein in state fiscal year 2023-24 4 (52203) ..................................... 52,083,000 5 For expenditures for additional state 6 payments for eligible aged, blind, and 7 disabled persons related to supplemental 8 security income and for expenditures made 9 pursuant to title 8 of article 5 of the 10 social services law. Such funds are avail- 11 able for payment of aid heretofore accrued 12 or hereafter to accrue. Notwithstanding 13 any inconsistent provision of law, the 14 amount herein appropriated may be 15 increased or decreased by interchange with 16 any other appropriation within the office 17 of temporary and disability assistance 18 general fund - local assistance account 19 with the approval of the director of the 20 budget, who shall file such approval with 21 the department of audit and control and 22 copies thereof with the chairman of the 23 senate finance committee and the chairman 24 of the assembly ways and means committee 25 (52311) ..................................... 58,333,000 26 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 27 Federal Health and Human Services Fund 28 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Account - 25178 29 For reimbursement of the cost of the family 30 assistance and the emergency assistance to 31 families programs. Notwithstanding section 32 153 of the social services law or any 33 inconsistent provision of law, funds 34 appropriated herein shall be provided 35 without state or local participation 36 except that for social services districts 37 with a population of five million or more, 38 reimbursement will be eighty-five percent. 39 Funds appropriated herein shall also 40 include the cost of providing shelter 41 supplements for family assistance house- 42 holds at local option, including eligible 43 households containing a household member 44 who has been released from prison, in 45 order to prevent eviction and address 46 homelessness in accordance with social 47 services district plans approved by the 48 office of temporary and disability assist- 49 ance and the director of the budget, 50 provided, however, that in social services 51 districts with a population over five 52 million no shelter supplements other than 53 [those to prevent eviction] the family 54 homelessness and eviction prevention
S. 6340 14 1 supplement shall be reimbursed, provided 2 however funds appropriated herein shall 3 only be used to reimburse rental costs up 4 to the maximum rent levels in place as of 5 January 1, 2021, then adjusted consistent 6 with the annual year-over-year percentage 7 changes in fair market rent, provided, 8 however, in the event of a decrease in 9 fair market rent the value of the maximum 10 rent levels reimbursed with funds appro- 11 priated herein shall not decrease and 12 shall be set at the maximum rent levels 13 established during the prior year, and 14 further provided that such supplements 15 shall not be part of the standard of need 16 pursuant to section 131-a of the social 17 services law. Funds appropriated herein 18 shall also reimburse for family assistance 19 expenditures for emergency shelter, trans- 20 portation, or nutrition payments which the 21 district determines are necessary to 22 establish or maintain independent living 23 arrangements among persons living with 24 medically diagnosed HIV infection as 25 defined by the AIDS institute of the State 26 department of health and who are homeless 27 or facing homelessness and for whom no 28 viable and less costly alternative to 29 housing is available; provided, however, 30 that funds appropriated herein may only be 31 used for such purposes if the cost of such 32 allowances are not eligible for reimburse- 33 ment under medical assistance or other 34 programs. For persons living with 35 medically diagnosed HIV infection as 36 defined by the AIDS institute of the state 37 department of health who are receiving 38 public assistance funds appropriated here- 39 in shall not be used to reimburse the 40 additional rental costs determined based 41 on limiting such person's earned and/or 42 unearned income contribution to 30 43 percent. Amounts appropriated herein may 44 be used to enter into contracts with 45 persons or entities authorized pursuant to 46 subdivision [(i)] (j) of section 17 of the 47 social services law consistent with feder- 48 al law and requirements. Such contracts 49 will be made consistent with subdivision 50 [(i)] (j) of section 17 of the social 51 services law. Notwithstanding section 153 52 of the social services law or any other 53 inconsistent provision of law, the office 54 may reduce reimbursement otherwise payable 55 to social services districts to recover 56 the federal share of costs incurred by the
S. 6340 15 1 office for expenditures related to subdi- 2 vision [(i)] (j) of section 17 of the 3 social services law. Such funds are to be 4 available for payment of aid heretofore 5 accrued or hereafter to accrue to munici- 6 palities. Subject to the approval of the 7 director of the budget, such funds shall 8 be available to the office of temporary 9 and disability assistance net of disallow- 10 ances, refunds, reimbursements, and cred- 11 its including, but not limited to, addi- 12 tional federal funds resulting from any 13 changes in federal cost allocation method- 14 ologies. Notwithstanding any inconsistent 15 provision of law, the amount herein appro- 16 priated may be increased or decreased by 17 interchange with any other appropriation 18 within the office of temporary and disa- 19 bility assistance federal fund - local 20 assistance account with the approval of 21 the director of the budget, who shall file 22 such approval with the department of audit 23 and control and copies thereof with the 24 chairman of the senate finance committee 25 and the chairman of the assembly ways and 26 means committee. Social services districts 27 shall be required to report to the office 28 of temporary and disability assistance on 29 an annual basis, information, as deter- 30 mined and requested by the office, related 31 to services and expenditures for which 32 reimbursement is sought for providing 33 temporary housing assistance to homeless 34 individuals and families. Such information 35 shall be submitted electronically to the 36 extent feasible as determined by the 37 office, and shall be used to evaluate 38 expenditures by such social services 39 districts for the provision of temporary 40 housing assistance for homeless individ- 41 uals and families. Notwithstanding section 42 153 of the social services law, or any 43 other inconsistent provision of law, the 44 office of temporary and disability assist- 45 ance may withhold or deny reimbursement, 46 in whole or in part, to any social 47 services district that fails to develop or 48 submit a homeless services plan subject to 49 the approval of the office of temporary 50 and disability assistance, fails to 51 provide homeless services and outreach in 52 accordance with its approved homeless 53 services plan, or fails to develop or 54 submit homeless services outcome reports, 55 consistent with those requirements promul- 56 gated by the office of temporary and disa-
S. 6340 16 1 bility assistance. Notwithstanding section 2 153 of the social services law, or any 3 other inconsistent provision of law, such 4 appropriation shall be available for 5 reimbursement of eligible costs incurred 6 on or after January 1, 2023 and before 7 January 1, 2024, that are otherwise reim- 8 bursable by the state on or after April 1, 9 2023, that are claimed by March 1, 2024. 10 Such reimbursement shall constitute total 11 federal reimbursement for activities fund- 12 ed herein in state fiscal year 2023-24 13 (52203) .................................... 125,000,000 14 § 9. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 15 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 16 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 17 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 18 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 19 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS 20 AID TO LOCALITIES 21 AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS SERVICES PROGRAM ......................... 348,000 22 -------------- 23 General Fund 24 Local Assistance Account - 10000 25 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for 26 services, expenses and grants, including 27 but not limited to (a) the New York state 28 veterinary diagnostic laboratory, (b) 29 research and development at Cornell 30 university, (c) education and outreach at 31 Cornell university, (d) the New York farm 32 viability institute, (e) the promotion of 33 agricultural economic development, and (f) 34 agricultural access, education and work- 35 force support, pursuant to a plan prepared 36 by the commissioner of the department of 37 agriculture and markets and approved by 38 the director of the budget. Funds hereby 39 appropriated shall be available to the 40 program net of refunds, rebates, 41 reimbursements and credits. All or a 42 portion of this appropriation may be 43 suballocated to any state department, 44 agency, or public authority .................... 348,000 45 -------------- 46 § 10. Section 8 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 47 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 122 48 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
S. 6340 17 1 § 8. 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 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 7 AID TO LOCALITIES 8 CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM .......... [19,200,000] 35,093,000 9 -------------- 10 General Fund 11 Local Assistance Account - 10000 12 For services and expenses related to the 13 Indian health program. The moneys hereby 14 appropriated shall be for payment of 15 financial assistance heretofore accrued or 16 hereafter to accrue (26840) ... [3,200,000] 6,400,000 17 -------------- 18 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 19 Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Fund 20 Federal Food and Nutrition Services Account - 25022 21 For various federal food and nutritional 22 services. The moneys hereby appropriated 23 shall be available for payment of finan- 24 cial assistance heretofore accrued (26986) 25 .............................. [16,000,000] 19,693,000 26 -------------- 27 [MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM] HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT PROGRAM .. 9,000,000 28 -------------- 29 [General Fund 30 Local Assistance Account - 10000] 31 Special Revenue Funds - Other 32 HCRA Resources Fund 33 HCRA Program Account - 20807 34 For transfer to health research incorporated 35 (HRI) for the AIDS drug assistance 36 program, including payments to Ryan White 37 centers (29880) .............................. 9,000,000 38 § 11. Section 10 of chapter 122 of the laws of 2023, relating to 39 making appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read 40 as follows: 41 § 10. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 42 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 43 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 44 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 45 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023.
S. 6340 18 1 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 2 AID TO LOCALITIES 3 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM ...... [400,000,000] 544,000,000 4 -------------- 5 Enterprise Funds 6 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fund 7 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Account - 50650 8 For payment of unemployment insurance bene- 9 fits pursuant to article 18 of the labor 10 law or as authorized by the federal 11 government through the disaster unemploy- 12 ment assistance program, the emergency 13 unemployment compensation program, the 14 extended benefit program, the federal 15 additional compensation program or any 16 other federally funded unemployment bene- 17 fit program (34787) ......... [400,000,000] 544,000,000 18 § 12. Section 10 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to 19 making appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read 20 as follows: 21 § 10. 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 MENTAL HYGIENE 27 OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 28 AID TO LOCALITIES 29 COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM .................. [173,054,000] 177,545,000 30 -------------- 31 General Fund 32 Local Assistance Account - 10000 33 For services and expenses of the community 34 services program, net of disallowances, 35 for community programs for people with 36 developmental disabilities pursuant to 37 article 41 of the mental hygiene law, 38 and/or chapter 620 of the laws of 1974, 39 chapter 660 of the laws of 1977, chapter 40 412 of the laws of 1981, chapter 27 of the 41 laws of 1987, chapter 729 of the laws of 42 1989, chapter 329 of the laws of 1993 and 43 other provisions of the mental hygiene 44 law. Notwithstanding any inconsistent 45 provision of law, the following appropri-
S. 6340 19 1 ation shall be net of prior and/or current 2 year refunds, rebates, reimbursements, and 3 credits. 4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 5 advances and reimbursement made pursuant 6 to subdivision (d) of section 41.15 and 7 section 41.18 of the mental hygiene law 8 shall be allocated pursuant to a plan and 9 in a manner prescribed by the agency head 10 and approved by the director of the budg- 11 et. The moneys hereby appropriated are 12 available to reimburse or advance locali- 13 ties and voluntary non-profit agencies for 14 expenditures made during local fiscal 15 periods commencing January 1, 2022, April 16 1, 2022 or July 1, 2022, and for advances 17 for the 3 month period beginning January 18 1, 2023. 19 Notwithstanding the provisions of article 41 20 of the mental hygiene law or any other 21 inconsistent provision of law, rule or 22 regulation, the commissioner, pursuant to 23 such contract and in the manner provided 24 therein, may pay all or a portion of the 25 expenses incurred by such voluntary agen- 26 cies arising out of loans which are funded 27 from the proceeds of bonds and notes 28 issued by the dormitory authority of the 29 state of New York. 30 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 31 the money hereby appropriated may be 32 transferred to state operations and/or any 33 appropriation of the office for people 34 with developmental disabilities with the 35 approval of the director of the budget. 36 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 37 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 38 be used for state aid of up to 100 percent 39 of the net deficit costs of day training 40 programs and family support services. 41 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 42 16.23 of the mental hygiene law and any 43 other inconsistent provision of law, with 44 relation to the operation of certified 45 family care homes, including family care 46 homes sponsored by voluntary not-for-pro- 47 fit agencies, moneys from this appropri- 48 ation may be used for payments to purchase 49 general services including but not limited 50 to respite providers, up to a maximum of 51 14 days, at rates to be established by the 52 commissioner and approved by the director 53 of the budget in consideration of factors 54 including, but not limited to, geographic 55 area and number of clients cared for in 56 the home and for payment in an amount
S. 6340 20 1 determined by the commissioner for the 2 personal needs of each client residing in 3 the family care home. 4 Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivi- 5 sion 12 of section 8 of the state finance 6 law and any other inconsistent provision 7 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 8 be used for expenses of family care homes 9 including payments to operators of certi- 10 fied family care homes for damages caused 11 by clients to personal and real property 12 in accordance with standards established 13 by the commissioner and approved by the 14 director of the budget. 15 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 16 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 17 be used for appropriate day program 18 services and residential services includ- 19 ing, but not limited to, direct housing 20 subsidies to individuals, start-up 21 expenses for family care providers, envi- 22 ronmental modifications, adaptive technol- 23 ogies, appraisals, property options, 24 feasibility studies and preoperational 25 expenses. 26 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 27 of law except pursuant to a chapter of the 28 laws of 2022 authorizing a 5.4 percent 29 cost of living adjustment, for the period 30 commencing on April 1, 2022 and ending 31 March 31, 2023 the commissioner shall not 32 apply any other cost of living adjustment 33 for the purpose of establishing rates of 34 payments, contracts or any other form of 35 reimbursement. 36 Notwithstanding section 6908 of the educa- 37 tion law and any other provision of law, 38 rule or regulation to the contrary, direct 39 support staff in programs certified or 40 approved by the office for people with 41 developmental disabilities, including the 42 home and community based services waiver 43 programs that the office for people with 44 developmental disabilities is authorized 45 to administer with federal approval pursu- 46 ant to subdivision (c) of section 1915 of 47 the federal social security act, are 48 authorized to provide such tasks as OPWDD 49 may specify when performed under the 50 supervision, training and periodic 51 inspection of a registered professional 52 nurse and in accordance with an authorized 53 practitioner's ordered care. 54 Notwithstanding any other provision of law 55 to the contrary, and consistent with 56 section 33.07 of the mental hygiene law,
S. 6340 21 1 the directors of facilities licensed but 2 not operated by the office for people with 3 developmental disabilities who act as 4 federally-appointed representative payees 5 and who assume management responsibility 6 over the funds of a resident may continue 7 to use such funds for the cost of the 8 resident's care and treatment, consistent 9 with federal law and regulations. 10 Funds appropriated herein shall be available 11 in accordance with the following: 12 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 13 of law, the director of the budget is 14 authorized to make suballocations from 15 this appropriation to the department of 16 health medical assistance program. 17 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 18 of law, and pursuant to criteria estab- 19 lished by the commissioner of the office 20 for people with developmental disabilities 21 and approved by the director of the budg- 22 et, expenditures may be made from this 23 appropriation for residential facilities 24 which are pending recertification as 25 intermediate care facilities for people 26 with developmental disabilities. 27 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 28 41.36 of the mental hygiene law and any 29 other inconsistent provision of law, 30 moneys from this appropriation may be used 31 for payment up to $250 per year per 32 client, at such times and in such manner 33 as determined by the commissioner on the 34 basis of financial need for the personal 35 needs of each client residing in voluntary 36 operated community residences and volun- 37 tary-operated community residential alter- 38 natives, including individualized residen- 39 tial alternatives under the home and 40 community based services waiver. The 41 commissioner shall, subject to the 42 approval of the director of the budget, 43 alter existing advance payment schedules 44 for voluntary-operated community resi- 45 dences established pursuant to section 46 41.36 of the mental hygiene law. Notwith- 47 standing any inconsistent provision of law 48 moneys from this appropriation may be used 49 for the operation of clinics licensed 50 pursuant to article 16 of the mental 51 hygiene law including, but not limited to, 52 supportive and habilitative services 53 consistent with the home and community 54 based services waiver. Notwithstanding 55 sections 112 and 163 of the state finance 56 law and section 142 of the economic devel-
S. 6340 22 1 opment law, or any other inconsistent 2 provision of law, funds appropriated to 3 the department of health in accordance 4 with a schedule based upon approved Medi- 5 caid claims for eligible home and communi- 6 ty-based services, or other approved 7 services as defined in section nine thou- 8 sand eight hundred and seventeen of the 9 American rescue plan act of 2021, from 10 April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023 and 11 made available by the department of health 12 via sub-allocation or transfer of up to 13 $740,000,000 may be allocated and distrib- 14 uted by the commissioner of the office for 15 people with developmental disabilities, 16 subject to approval of the director of the 17 budget, without a competitive bid or 18 request for proposal process for the 19 services and expenses of qualified appli- 20 cants. All awards will be granted utiliz- 21 ing criteria established by the commis- 22 sioner of the office for people with 23 developmental disabilities to strengthen 24 and enhance home and community-based 25 services consistent with the American 26 rescue plan act of 2021. 27 For the state share of medical assistance 28 services expenses incurred by the depart- 29 ment of health for the provision of 30 medical assistance services to people with 31 developmental disabilities (37835) ......... 152,106,000 32 For services and expenses of the community 33 services program, net of disallowances, 34 for community programs for people with 35 developmental disabilities pursuant to 36 article 41 of the mental hygiene law, 37 and/or chapter 620 of the laws of 1974, 38 chapter 660 of the laws of 1977, chapter 39 412 of the laws of 1981, chapter 27 of the 40 laws of 1987, chapter 729 of the laws of 41 1989, chapter 329 of the laws of 1993 and 42 other provisions of the mental hygiene 43 law. Notwithstanding any inconsistent 44 provision of law, the following appropri- 45 ation shall be net of prior and/or current 46 year refunds, rebates, reimbursements, and 47 credits. 48 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 49 advances and reimbursement made pursuant 50 to subdivision (d) of section 41.15 and 51 section 41.18 of the mental hygiene law 52 shall be allocated pursuant to a plan and 53 in a manner prescribed by the agency head 54 and approved by the director of the budg- 55 et. The moneys hereby appropriated are 56 available to reimburse or advance locali-
S. 6340 23 1 ties and voluntary non-profit agencies for 2 expenditures made during local fiscal 3 periods commencing January 1, 2022, April 4 1, 2022 or July 1, 2022, and for advances 5 for the 3 month period beginning January 6 1, 2023. 7 Notwithstanding the provisions of article 41 8 of the mental hygiene law or any other 9 inconsistent provision of law, rule or 10 regulation, the commissioner, pursuant to 11 such contract and in the manner provided 12 therein, may pay all or a portion of the 13 expenses incurred by such voluntary agen- 14 cies arising out of loans which are funded 15 from the proceeds of bonds and notes 16 issued by the dormitory authority of the 17 state of New York. 18 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 19 the money hereby appropriated may be 20 transferred to state operations and/or any 21 appropriation of the office for people 22 with developmental disabilities with the 23 approval of the director of the budget. 24 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 25 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 26 be used for state aid of up to 100 percent 27 of the net deficit costs of day training 28 programs and family support services. 29 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 30 16.23 of the mental hygiene law and any 31 other inconsistent provision of law, with 32 relation to the operation of certified 33 family care homes, including family care 34 homes sponsored by voluntary not-for-pro- 35 fit agencies, moneys from this appropri- 36 ation may be used for payments to purchase 37 general services including but not limited 38 to respite providers, up to a maximum of 5 39 days, at rates to be established by the 40 commissioner and approved by the director 41 of the budget in consideration of factors 42 including, but not limited to, geographic 43 area and number of clients cared for in 44 the home and for payment in an amount 45 determined by the commissioner for the 46 personal needs of each client residing in 47 the family care home. 48 Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivi- 49 sion 12 of section 8 of the state finance 50 law and any other inconsistent provision 51 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 52 be used for expenses of family care homes 53 including payments to operators of certi- 54 fied family care homes for damages caused 55 by clients to personal and real property 56 in accordance with standards established
S. 6340 24 1 by the commissioner and approved by the 2 director of the budget. 3 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 4 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 5 be used for appropriate day program 6 services and residential services includ- 7 ing, but not limited to, direct housing 8 subsidies to individuals, start-up 9 expenses for family care providers, envi- 10 ronmental modifications, adaptive technol- 11 ogies, appraisals, property options, 12 feasibility studies and preoperational 13 expenses. 14 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 15 of law except pursuant to a chapter of the 16 laws of 2021 authorizing a 5.4 percent 17 cost of living adjustment, for the period 18 commencing on April 1, 2022 and ending 19 March 31, 2023 the commissioner shall not 20 apply any other cost of living adjustment 21 for the purpose of establishing rates of 22 payments, contracts or any other form of 23 reimbursement. 24 Notwithstanding section 6908 of the educa- 25 tion law and any other provision of law, 26 rule or regulation to the contrary, direct 27 support staff in programs certified or 28 approved by the office for people with 29 developmental disabilities, including the 30 home and community based services waiver 31 programs that the office for people with 32 developmental disabilities is authorized 33 to administer with federal approval pursu- 34 ant to subdivision (c) of section 1915 of 35 the federal social security act, are 36 authorized to provide such tasks as the 37 office for people with developmental disa- 38 bilities may specify when performed under 39 the supervision, training and periodic 40 inspection of a registered professional 41 nurse and in accordance with an authorized 42 practitioner's ordered care. 43 Notwithstanding any other provision of law 44 to the contrary, and consistent with 45 section 33.07 of the mental hygiene law, 46 the directors of facilities licensed but 47 not operated by the office for people with 48 developmental disabilities who act as 49 federally-appointed representative payees 50 and who assume management responsibility 51 over the funds of a resident may continue 52 to use such funds for the cost of the 53 resident's care and treatment, consistent 54 with federal law and regulations.
S. 6340 25 1 For services and expenses related to provid- 2 ing health care and mental hygiene worker 3 bonuses. 4 Funds appropriated herein shall be available 5 in accordance with the following: 6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law 7 to the contrary, funds appropriated herein 8 are available to reimburse in- and out-of- 9 state private residential schools, pursu- 10 ant to subdivision (c) of section 13.37-a 11 and subdivision (g) of section 13.38 of 12 the mental hygiene law, for costs of 13 supporting the residential and day program 14 services available to individuals who are 15 over the age of 21 years of age, provided 16 that the amount paid for residential 17 services and/or maintenance costs is net 18 of any supplemental security income bene- 19 fit to which the individual receiving 20 services is eligible, and provided further 21 that funding for nonresidential services 22 will be in an amount not to exceed the 23 maximum reimbursement for appropriate day 24 services delivered by the office for 25 people with developmental disabilities 26 certified or approved providers other than 27 in- and out-of-state private residential 28 schools, unless otherwise authorized by 29 the director of the budget. 30 Notwithstanding section 163 of the state 31 finance law, section 142 of the economic 32 development law, and article 41 of the 33 mental hygiene law, the commissioner of 34 the office for people with developmental 35 disabilities may make the funds appropri- 36 ated herein available as state aid, a loan 37 or a grant, pursuant to terms and condi- 38 tions established by the commissioner of 39 the office for people with developmental 40 disabilities, to cover a portion of the 41 development costs of private, public 42 and/or non-profit organizations, including 43 corporations and partnerships established 44 pursuant to the private housing finance 45 law and/or any other statutory provisions, 46 for supportive housing units that have 47 been set aside for individuals with intel- 48 lectual and developmental disabilities. 49 Further, the office for people with devel- 50 opmental disabilities shall have a lien on 51 the real property developed with such 52 state aid, loans or grants, which shall be 53 in the amount of the loan or grant, for a 54 maximum term of 30 years, or other longer 55 term consistent with the requirements of 56 another regulatory agency.
S. 6340 26 1 For services and expenses related to the 2 provision of residential services to 3 people with developmental disabilities 4 (37802) ...................... [11,880,000] 14,427,000 5 For services and expenses related to the 6 provision of day program services to 7 people with developmental disabilities 8 (37803) ....................... [2,674,000] 3,247,000 9 For services and expenses related to the 10 provision of family support services to 11 people with developmental disabilities 12 (37804) ....................... [3,732,000] 4,533,000 13 For services and expenses related to the 14 provision of workshop, day training and 15 employment services to people with devel- 16 opmental disabilities. Notwithstanding any 17 other provision of law, up to $800,000 of 18 this appropriation may be transferred to 19 the New York State Education Departments' 20 Adult Career and Continuing Education 21 Services - Vocational Rehabilitation 22 (ACCES-VR) program to support the Long- 23 Term Sheltered Employment program operated 24 by FEDCAP Rehabilitation Services, Inc. 25 (37805) ....................... [2,154,000] 2,616,000 26 For other services and expenses provided to 27 people with developmental disabilities 28 including but not limited to hepatitis B, 29 care at home waiver, epilepsy services, 30 Special Olympics New York, Inc. and volun- 31 tary fingerprinting (37806) ..... [508,000] 616,000 32 -------------- 33 § 13. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 34 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 35 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 36 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 37 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 38 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 39 AID TO LOCALITIES 40 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM ................ 541,000 41 -------------- 42 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 43 Federal Health and Human Services Fund 44 Federal Health and Human Services Account - 25127 45 For allocations from the community services 46 block grant to community action agencies 47 and other eligible entities, including 48 suballocation to other state departments 49 and agencies provided however, each recip- 50 ient of funds from this appropriation
S. 6340 27 1 shall not be required to secure a local 2 share equivalent (51019) ....................... 541,000 3 -------------- 4 § 14. No expenditure may be made from any appropriation in this act, 5 until a certificate of approval has been issued by the director of the 6 budget and a copy of such certificate shall have been filed with the 7 state comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance committee and the 8 chairman of the assembly ways and means committee provided, however, 9 that any expenditures from any appropriation in this act made by the 10 legislature or judiciary shall not require such certificate. 11 § 15. All expenditures and disbursements made against the appropri- 12 ations in this act shall, upon final action by the legislature on appro- 13 priation bills submitted by the governor pursuant to article VII of the 14 state constitution for the support of government for the state fiscal 15 year beginning April 1, 2023, be transferred by the comptroller as 16 expenditures and disbursements to such appropriations for all state 17 departments and agencies, as applicable, in amounts equal to the amounts 18 charged against the appropriations in this act for each such department, 19 agency, and the legislature and the judiciary. 20 § 16. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdi- 21 vision, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of 22 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, 23 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in 24 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section 25 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg- 26 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of 27 the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such 28 invalid provisions had not been included herein. 29 § 17. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 30 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2023; provided, 31 however, that upon the transfer of expenditures and disbursements by the 32 comptroller as provided in section fifteen of this act, the appropri- 33 ations made by this act and subject to such section shall be deemed 34 repealed.