Bill Text: NY A06440 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for emergency appropriation through April 17, 2023 for the support of government.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-04-10 - substituted by s6260 [A06440 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A06440-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6440 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEINSTEIN -- (at request of the Governor) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT making appropriations for the support of government 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 21 period April 1 through April [10] 17, 2023 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD12006-01-3A. 6440 2 1 to state officers and employees of the 2 executive branch, including the governor, 3 lieutenant governor, comptroller, and 4 attorney general, and to employees of the 5 legislature. This appropriation also 6 includes funding for payment of health 7 care and mental hygiene bonuses to eligi- 8 ble state employees, and payments for 9 services performed by mentally ill or 10 developmentally disabled persons who are 11 employed in state-operated special employ- 12 ment, work-for-pay or sheltered workshop 13 programs .................... [215,500,000] 458,000,000 14 -------------- 15 § 3. Section 3 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 16 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 17 follows: 18 § 3. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall 19 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropri- 20 ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public 21 officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be available 22 for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 23 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 24 For the payment of state operations non 25 personal service liabilities to the execu- 26 tive branch, including the comptroller, 27 and the attorney general, and legislature, 28 incurred in the ordinary course of busi- 29 ness, during the period April 1 through 30 April [10] 17, 2023, pursuant to existing 31 state law and for purposes for which the 32 legislature authorized the expenditure of 33 moneys during the 2022-2023 state fiscal 34 year; provided, however, that nothing 35 contained herein shall be deemed to limit 36 or restrict the power or authority of 37 state departments or agencies to conduct 38 their activities or operations in accord- 39 ance with existing law, and further 40 provided that nothing contained herein 41 shall be deemed to supersede, nullify or 42 modify the provisions of section 40 of the 43 state finance law prescribing when appro- 44 priations made for the 2022-2023 state 45 fiscal year shall have ceased to have 46 force and effect ............. [13,300,000] 22,000,000 47 -------------- 48 § 4. Section 4 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 49 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 50 follows: 51 § 4. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 52 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is herebyA. 6440 3 1 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 2 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 3 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 4 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 5 The sum of [twelve million eight hundred6sixty thousand dollars ($12,860,000)] 7 thirty million dollars ($30,000,000), or 8 so much thereof as shall be sufficient to 9 accomplish the purpose designated, is 10 hereby appropriated for contracts and 11 grants approved for purposes for which the 12 legislature authorized the expenditures of 13 money during the 2022-2023 fiscal year. An 14 amount up to [twelve million eight hundred15sixty thousand dollars ($12,860,000)] 16 thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall 17 be available for the payment of capital 18 projects liabilities incurred during the 19 period from April 1 through April [10] 17, 20 2023 for contracts and grants approved 21 prior to April 1, 2023, provided, however, 22 that nothing contained herein shall be 23 deemed to limit or restrict the power or 24 authority of state departments or agencies 25 to conduct their activities or operations 26 in accordance with existing law, and 27 further provided that nothing contained 28 herein shall be deemed to supersede, 29 nullify, or modify the provisions of 30 section 40 of the state finance law 31 prescribing when appropriations made for 32 the 2022-2023 fiscal year shall have 33 ceased to have force and effect .......... 34 .............................. [12,860,000] 30,000,000 35 -------------- 36 § 5. Section 5 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 37 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 38 follows: 39 § 5. The several amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof 40 as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, are hereby 41 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 42 respective public officers and for the several purposes specified, which 43 amounts shall be available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 44 2023. 45 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 46 The sum of [two million one hundred forty47thousand dollars ($2,140,000)] five 48 million dollars ($5,000,000), or so much 49 thereof as shall be sufficient to accom- 50 plish the purpose designated, is hereby 51 appropriated for contracts and grantsA. 6440 4 1 approved for which the legislature author- 2 ized the expenditures of money during the 3 2022-2023 fiscal year. An amount up to 4 [two million one hundred forty thousand5dollars ($2,140,000)] five million dollars 6 ($5,000,000) shall be available for the 7 payment of capital projects liabilities 8 incurred during the period from April 1 9 through April [10] 17, 2023 for contracts 10 and grants approved after April 1, 2023, 11 provided, however, that nothing contained 12 herein shall be deemed to limit or 13 restrict the power or authority of state 14 departments or agencies to conduct their 15 activities or operations in accordance 16 with existing law, and further provided 17 that nothing contained herein shall be 18 deemed to supersede, nullify, or modify 19 the provisions of section 40 of the state 20 finance law prescribing when appropri- 21 ations made for the 2022-2023 fiscal year 22 shall have ceased to have force and effect 23 ............................... [2,140,000] 5,000,000 24 -------------- 25 § 6. Section 6 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 26 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 27 follows: 28 § 6. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 29 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 30 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 31 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 32 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 33 MISCELLANEOUS -- ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 34 GENERAL STATE CHARGES 35 STATE OPERATIONS 36 GENERAL STATE CHARGES ....................... [43,330,000] 524,660,000 37 -------------- 38 General Fund 39 State Purposes Account - 10050 40 For employee fringe benefits according to 41 the following project schedule including 42 those benefits which are related to 43 employees paid from funds, accounts, or 44 programs where the division of the budget 45 has issued waivers ........... [42,230,000] 522,460,000 46 Project Schedule 47 PROJECT AMOUNT 48 -------------------------------------------- 49 For the state's contributionA. 6440 5 1 to the social security 2 contribution fund ............. 42,000,000 3 For the state's share of 4 contributions to the volun- 5 tary defined contribution 6 plan made on behalf of 7 eligible employees pursuant 8 to chapter 18 of the laws of 9 2012 who elect to partic- 10 ipate in such plan and who 11 are not otherwise eligible 12 to participate in the SUNY 13 optional retirement program 14 ................... [230,000] 460,000 15 For the state's contribution 16 to the health insurance fund 17 and deposit into the retiree 18 health benefit trust fund 19 pursuant to section 99-aa of 20 the state finance law. The 21 state's share of the health 22 insurance program dividends 23 shall be available to pay 24 for the premiums in 2023-24 .. 400,000,000 25 For payments to the state 26 insurance fund for workers' 27 compensation benefits and 28 other related workers' 29 compensation costs prior to 30 or after they become 31 incurred including but not 32 limited to the benefits 33 defined in chapters 302 and 34 303 of the laws of 1985 ....... 45,000,000 35 For the state's contribution 36 to employee benefit fund 37 programs ...................... 35,000,000 38 -------------- 39 Project schedule total ... 40 ............ [42,230,000] 522,460,000 41 -------------- 42 For the payment of the metropolitan commuter 43 transportation mobility tax pursuant to 44 article 23 of the tax law as added by 45 chapter 25 of the laws of 2009 on behalf 46 of the state employees employed in the 47 metropolitan commuter transportation 48 district ...................... [1,100,000] 2,200,000 49 -------------- 50 § 7. Section 7 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 51 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 52 follows: 53 § 7. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 54 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is herebyA. 6440 6 1 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 2 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 3 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 4 JUDICIARY 5 For the purpose of making payments for 6 personal service, including liabilities 7 incurred prior to April 1, 2023, on the 8 payrolls scheduled to be paid during the 9 period April 1 through April 17, 2023 to 10 officers and employees of the judiciary ..... 65,000,000 11 For the payment of state operations nonper- 12 sonal service liabilities, the sum of 13 [thirty-three million three hundred and14thirty thousand dollars ($33,330,000)] 15 fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), or so 16 much thereof as shall be sufficient to 17 accomplish the purpose designated, is 18 hereby appropriated to the judiciary out 19 of any moneys in the general fund or other 20 funds to the credit of the state purposes 21 account not otherwise appropriated. The 22 comptroller is hereby authorized and 23 directed to utilize this appropriation for 24 the purpose of making payments for non- 25 personal service liabilities incurred by 26 the judiciary from April 1 through April 27 [10] 17, 2023 ................ [33,330,000] 50,000,000 28 For the payment of aid to localities liabil- 29 ities, the sum of [ten] fifteen million 30 dollars [($10,000,000)] ($15,000,000), or 31 so much thereof as shall be sufficient to 32 accomplish the purpose designated, is 33 hereby appropriated to the judiciary out 34 of any moneys in the general fund or other 35 funds to the credit of the state purposes 36 account not otherwise appropriated. The 37 comptroller is hereby authorized and 38 directed to utilize this appropriation for 39 the purpose of making payments for aid to 40 localities liabilities incurred by the 41 judiciary from April 1 through April [10] 42 17, 2023 ..................... [10,000,000] 15,000,000 43 For the payment of employee fringe benefit 44 programs including, but not limited to, 45 the judiciary's contributions to the 46 health insurance fund, the employees' 47 retirement system pension accumulation 48 fund, the social security contribution 49 fund, employee benefit fund programs, the 50 dental insurance plan, the vision care 51 plan, the unemployment insurance fund, and 52 for workers' compensation benefits, the 53 sum of seventy-five million dollars 54 ($75,000,000), or so much thereof as shallA. 6440 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 employee fringe benefit 10 liabilities incurred by the judiciary from 11 April 1 through April 10, 2023 .............. 75,000,000 12 § 8. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall 13 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropri- 14 ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public 15 officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be available 16 for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 17 DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE 18 OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE 19 AID TO LOCALITIES 20 EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAM ...................... 235,416,000 21 -------------- 22 General Fund 23 Local Assistance Account - 10000 24 For state reimbursement of the safety net 25 assistance program as established pursuant 26 to chapter 436 of the laws of 1997. 27 Notwithstanding section 153 of the social 28 services law or any other inconsistent 29 provision of law, funds appropriated here- 30 in shall reimburse 29 percent of safety 31 net assistance expenditures, including the 32 cost of providing shelter supplements for 33 safety net assistance households at local 34 option, including eligible households 35 containing a household member who has been 36 released from prison, in order to prevent 37 eviction and address homelessness in 38 accordance with social services district 39 plans approved by the office of temporary 40 and disability assistance and the director 41 of the budget, provided, however, that in 42 social services districts with a popu- 43 lation over five million no shelter 44 supplements other than those to prevent 45 eviction shall be reimbursed, and further 46 provided that such supplements shall not 47 be part of the standard of need pursuant 48 to section 131-a of the social services 49 law. Funds appropriated herein shall also 50 reimburse 29 percent of safety net assist-A. 6440 8 1 ance expenditures, in social services 2 districts with a population over five 3 million, for emergency shelter, transpor- 4 tation, or nutrition payments which the 5 district determines are necessary to 6 establish or maintain independent living 7 arrangements among persons living with 8 medically diagnosed HIV infection as 9 defined by the AIDS institute of the state 10 department of health and who are homeless 11 or facing homelessness and for whom no 12 viable and less costly alternative to 13 housing is available; provided, however, 14 that funds appropriated herein may only be 15 used for such purposes if the cost of such 16 allowances are not eligible for reimburse- 17 ment under medical assistance or other 18 programs. Funds appropriated herein shall 19 reimburse 29 percent of safety net assist- 20 ance expenditures, in social services 21 districts with a population of five 22 million or fewer, for emergency shelter 23 payments promulgated by the office of 24 temporary and disability assistance which 25 the district determines are necessary to 26 establish or maintain independent living 27 arrangements among persons living with 28 medically diagnosed HIV infection as 29 defined by the AIDS institute of the state 30 department of health and who are homeless 31 or facing homelessness and for whom no 32 viable and less costly alternative to 33 housing is available; provided, however, 34 that funds appropriated herein may only be 35 used for such purposes if the cost of such 36 allowances are not eligible for reimburse- 37 ment under medical assistance or other 38 programs. Funds appropriated herein shall 39 reimburse 29 percent of safety net assist- 40 ance expenditures, in social services 41 districts with a population of five 42 million or fewer, for emergency shelter 43 payments in excess of those promulgated by 44 the office of temporary and disability 45 assistance but not exceeding an amount 46 reasonably approximate to 100 percent of 47 fair market rent, at local option which 48 the district determines are necessary to 49 establish or maintain independent living 50 arrangements among persons living with 51 medically diagnosed HIV infection as 52 defined by the AIDS institute of the State 53 department of health and who are homeless 54 or facing homelessness and for whom no 55 viable and less costly alternative to 56 housing is available; provided, however,A. 6440 9 1 that funds appropriated herein may only be 2 used for such purposes if the cost of such 3 allowances are not eligible for reimburse- 4 ment under medical assistance or other 5 programs. Such emergency shelter payments 6 shall only be made at local option and in 7 accordance with a plan approved by the 8 office of temporary and disability assist- 9 ance and the director of the budget. 10 Provided, however, notwithstanding section 11 153 of the social services law or any 12 other inconsistent provision of law, if 13 necessary funding, as determined by the 14 director of the budget, is secured in a 15 social services district from the medical 16 assistance program by reducing the capita- 17 tion rates paid to medicaid managed care 18 organizations by the amount of savings 19 resulting from stably housing individuals 20 living with medically diagnosed HIV 21 infection as defined by the AIDS institute 22 of the state department of health, the 23 social services district shall make such 24 emergency shelter payments in excess of 25 those promulgated by the office of tempo- 26 rary and disability assistance but not 27 exceeding an amount reasonably approximate 28 to 100 percent of fair market rent, and 29 the savings shall be used to reimburse 100 30 percent of the cost of such excess emer- 31 gency shelter payments for cases reim- 32 bursed under the safety net assistance or 33 family assistance programs in social 34 services districts with a population of 35 five million or fewer, in accordance with 36 a plan approved by the office of temporary 37 and disability assistance and the director 38 of the budget; provided further that 39 reimbursement shall be provided to medi- 40 caid managed care organizations through 41 adjustments to capitation rates should 42 actual gross savings not be realized as 43 determined by the director of the budget. 44 For persons living with medically diag- 45 nosed HIV infection as defined by the AIDS 46 institute of the state department of 47 health living in social service districts 48 with a population over five million who 49 are receiving public assistance, funds 50 appropriated herein shall be used to reim- 51 burse 29 percent of the additional rental 52 costs determined based on limiting such 53 person's earned and/or unearned income 54 contribution to 30 percent. For persons 55 living with medically diagnosed HIV 56 infection as defined by the AIDS instituteA. 6440 10 1 of the state department of health living 2 in social services districts with a popu- 3 lation of five million or fewer who are 4 receiving public assistance, funds appro- 5 priated herein may be used to reimburse up 6 to 100 percent of the additional rental 7 costs determined based on limiting such 8 person's earned and/or unearned income 9 contribution to 30 percent. Such payments 10 of additional rental costs shall only be 11 made at local option and in accordance 12 with a plan approved by the office of 13 temporary and disability assistance and 14 the director of the budget. Provided, 15 however, notwithstanding section 153 of 16 the social services law or any other 17 inconsistent provision of law, if neces- 18 sary funding, as determined by the direc- 19 tor of the budget, is secured in a social 20 services district from the medical assist- 21 ance program by reducing the capitation 22 rates paid to medicaid managed care organ- 23 izations by the amount of savings result- 24 ing from stably housing individuals living 25 with medically diagnosed HIV infection as 26 defined by the AIDS institute of the state 27 department of health, the social services 28 district shall make such payments of addi- 29 tional rental costs, for cases reimbursed 30 under the safety net assistance and family 31 assistance program, and the savings shall 32 be used to reimburse 100 percent of the 33 cost of the additional rental costs deter- 34 mined based on limiting such person's 35 earned and/or unearned income contribution 36 to 30 percent in social services districts 37 with a population of five million or 38 fewer, in accordance with a plan approved 39 by the director of the budget. Amounts 40 appropriated herein may be used to enter 41 into contracts with persons or entities 42 authorized pursuant to subdivision (i) of 43 section 17 of the social services law 44 consistent with federal law and require- 45 ments. Such contracts will be consistent 46 with subdivision (i) of section 17 of the 47 social services law. Notwithstanding 48 section 153 of the social services law or 49 any other inconsistent provision of law, 50 the office may reduce reimbursement other- 51 wise payable to social services districts 52 to recover 29 percent of costs incurred by 53 the office for expenditures related to 54 subdivision (i) of section 17 of the 55 social services law. Such funds are to be 56 available for payment of aid heretoforeA. 6440 11 1 accrued or hereafter to accrue to munici- 2 palities. Subject to the approval of the 3 director of the budget, such funds shall 4 be available to the office of temporary 5 and disability assistance net of disallow- 6 ances, refunds, reimbursements, and cred- 7 its, including those related to title IV-E 8 of the social security act; and including, 9 but not limited to, additional federal 10 funds resulting from any changes in feder- 11 al cost allocation methodologies. Notwith- 12 standing any inconsistent provision of 13 law, the 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 general 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 anyA. 6440 12 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 state reimbursement for activities funded 10 herein in state fiscal year 2023-24 11 (52203) ..................................... 52,083,000 12 For expenditures for additional state 13 payments for eligible aged, blind, and 14 disabled persons related to supplemental 15 security income and for expenditures made 16 pursuant to title 8 of article 5 of the 17 social services law. Such funds are avail- 18 able for payment of aid heretofore accrued 19 or hereafter to accrue. Notwithstanding 20 any inconsistent provision of law, the 21 amount herein appropriated may be 22 increased or decreased by interchange with 23 any other appropriation within the office 24 of temporary and disability assistance 25 general fund - local assistance account 26 with the approval of the director of the 27 budget, who shall file such approval with 28 the department of audit and control and 29 copies thereof with the chairman of the 30 senate finance committee and the chairman 31 of the assembly ways and means committee 32 (52311) ..................................... 58,333,000 33 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 34 Federal Health and Human Services Fund 35 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Account - 25178 36 For reimbursement of the cost of the family 37 assistance and the emergency assistance to 38 families programs. Notwithstanding section 39 153 of the social services law or any 40 inconsistent provision of law, funds 41 appropriated herein shall be provided 42 without state or local participation 43 except that for social services districts 44 with a population of five million or more, 45 reimbursement will be eighty-five percent. 46 Funds appropriated herein shall also 47 include the cost of providing shelter 48 supplements for family assistance house- 49 holds at local option, including eligible 50 households containing a household member 51 who has been released from prison, in 52 order to prevent eviction and address 53 homelessness in accordance with social 54 services district plans approved by theA. 6440 13 1 office of temporary and disability assist- 2 ance and the director of the budget, 3 provided, however, that in social services 4 districts with a population over five 5 million no shelter supplements other than 6 those to prevent eviction shall be reim- 7 bursed, and further provided that such 8 supplements shall not be part of the stan- 9 dard of need pursuant to section 131-a of 10 the social services law. Funds appropri- 11 ated herein shall also reimburse for fami- 12 ly assistance expenditures for emergency 13 shelter, transportation, or nutrition 14 payments which the district determines are 15 necessary to establish or maintain inde- 16 pendent living arrangements among persons 17 living with medically diagnosed HIV 18 infection as defined by the AIDS institute 19 of the State department of health and who 20 are homeless or facing homelessness and 21 for whom no viable and less costly alter- 22 native to housing is available; provided, 23 however, that funds appropriated herein 24 may only be used for such purposes if the 25 cost of such allowances are not eligible 26 for reimbursement under medical assistance 27 or other programs. For persons living with 28 medically diagnosed HIV infection as 29 defined by the AIDS institute of the state 30 department of health who are receiving 31 public assistance funds appropriated here- 32 in shall not be used to reimburse the 33 additional rental costs determined based 34 on limiting such person's earned and/or 35 unearned income contribution to 30 36 percent. Amounts appropriated herein may 37 be used to enter into contracts with 38 persons or entities authorized pursuant to 39 subdivision (i) of section 17 of the 40 social services law consistent with feder- 41 al law and requirements. Such contracts 42 will be made consistent with subdivision 43 (i) of section 17 of the social services 44 law. Notwithstanding section 153 of the 45 social services law or any other incon- 46 sistent provision of law, the office may 47 reduce reimbursement otherwise payable to 48 social services districts to recover the 49 federal share of costs incurred by the 50 office for expenditures related to subdi- 51 vision (i) of section 17 of the social 52 services law. Such funds are to be avail- 53 able for payment of aid heretofore accrued 54 or hereafter to accrue to municipalities. 55 Subject to the approval of the director of 56 the budget, such funds shall be availableA. 6440 14 1 to the office of temporary and disability 2 assistance net of disallowances, refunds, 3 reimbursements, and credits including, but 4 not limited to, additional federal funds 5 resulting from any changes in federal cost 6 allocation methodologies. Notwithstanding 7 any inconsistent provision of law, the 8 amount herein appropriated may be 9 increased or decreased by interchange with 10 any other appropriation within the office 11 of temporary and disability assistance 12 federal fund - local assistance account 13 with the approval of the director of the 14 budget, who shall file such approval with 15 the department of audit and control and 16 copies thereof with the chairman of the 17 senate finance committee and the chairman 18 of the assembly ways and means committee. 19 Social services districts shall be 20 required to report to the office of tempo- 21 rary and disability assistance on an annu- 22 al basis, information, as determined and 23 requested by the office, related to 24 services and expenditures for which 25 reimbursement is sought for providing 26 temporary housing assistance to homeless 27 individuals and families. Such information 28 shall be submitted electronically to the 29 extent feasible as determined by the 30 office, and shall be used to evaluate 31 expenditures by such social services 32 districts for the provision of temporary 33 housing assistance for homeless individ- 34 uals and families. Notwithstanding section 35 153 of the social services law, or any 36 other inconsistent provision of law, the 37 office of temporary and disability assist- 38 ance may withhold or deny reimbursement, 39 in whole or in part, to any social 40 services district that fails to develop or 41 submit a homeless services plan subject to 42 the approval of the office of temporary 43 and disability assistance, fails to 44 provide homeless services and outreach in 45 accordance with its approved homeless 46 services plan, or fails to develop or 47 submit homeless services outcome reports, 48 consistent with those requirements promul- 49 gated by the office of temporary and disa- 50 bility assistance. Notwithstanding section 51 153 of the social services law, or any 52 other inconsistent provision of law, such 53 appropriation shall be available for 54 reimbursement of eligible costs incurred 55 on or after January 1, 2023 and before 56 January 1, 2024, that are otherwise reim-A. 6440 15 1 bursable by the state on or after April 1, 2 2023, that are claimed by March 1, 2024. 3 Such reimbursement shall constitute total 4 federal reimbursement for activities fund- 5 ed herein in state fiscal year 2023-24 6 (52203) .................................... 125,000,000 7 § 9. Section 8 of chapter 121 of the laws of 2023, relating to making 8 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 9 follows: 10 § 8. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 11 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 12 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 13 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 14 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 15 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 16 AID TO LOCALITIES 17 CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM .......... [13,867,000] 19,200,000 18 -------------- 19 General Fund 20 Local Assistance Account - 10000 21 For services and expenses related to the 22 Indian health program. The moneys hereby 23 appropriated shall be for payment of 24 financial assistance heretofore accrued or 25 hereafter to accrue (26840) .................. 3,200,000 26 -------------- 27 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 28 Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Fund 29 Federal Food and Nutrition Services Account - 25022 30 For various federal food and nutritional 31 services. The moneys hereby appropriated 32 shall be available for payment of finan- 33 cial assistance heretofore accrued (26986) 34 .............................. [10,667,000] 16,000,000 35 -------------- 36 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ................................... 9,000,000 37 -------------- 38 General Fund 39 Local Assistance Account - 10000 40 For transfer to health research incorporated 41 (HRI) for the AIDS drug assistance 42 program, including payments to Ryan White 43 centers (29880) .............................. 9,000,000A. 6440 16 1 § 10. 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 LABOR 7 AID TO LOCALITIES 8 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM ..................... 400,000,000 9 -------------- 10 Enterprise Funds 11 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fund 12 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Account - 50650 13 For payment of unemployment insurance bene- 14 fits pursuant to article 18 of the labor 15 law or as authorized by the federal 16 government through the disaster unemploy- 17 ment assistance program, the emergency 18 unemployment compensation program, the 19 extended benefit program, the federal 20 additional compensation program or any 21 other federally funded unemployment bene- 22 fit program (34787) ........................ 400,000,000 23 § 11. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 24 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 25 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 26 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 27 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 28 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 29 AID TO LOCALITIES 30 DEDICATED MASS TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND PROGRAM ............ 71,400,000 31 -------------- 32 Special Revenue Funds - Other 33 Dedicated Mass Transportation Trust Fund 34 Railroad Account - 20852 35 To the metropolitan transportation authority 36 for deposit in the metropolitan transpor- 37 tation authority dedicated tax fund for 38 the expenses of the New York city transit 39 authority, the Manhattan and Bronx surface 40 transit operating authority, and the 41 Staten Island rapid transit operating 42 authority, the Long Island rail road 43 company and the Metro-North commuter rail- 44 road company which includes the New YorkA. 6440 17 1 state portion of the Harlem, Hudson, Port 2 Jervis, Pascack, and the New Haven commu- 3 ter railroad service regardless of whether 4 the services are provided directly or 5 pursuant to joint service agreements. 6 No expenditure shall be made hereunder until 7 a certificate of approval has been issued 8 by the director of the budget and a copy 9 of such certificate filed with the state 10 comptroller, the chairperson of the senate 11 finance committee and the chairperson of 12 the assembly ways and means committee. 13 Moneys appropriated herein may be made 14 available at such times and upon such 15 conditions as may be deemed appropriate by 16 the commissioner of transportation and the 17 director of the budget in accordance with 18 the following: 19 To the metropolitan transportation authority 20 for the operating expenses of the Long 21 Island rail road company and the Metro- 22 North commuter railroad company which 23 include operating expenses for the New 24 York state portion of Harlem, Hudson, Port 25 Jervis, Pascack, and New Haven commuter 26 railroad services regardless of whether 27 such services are provided directly or 28 pursuant to joint service agreements 29 (54282) ..................................... 10,800,000 30 -------------- 31 Special Revenue Funds - Other 32 Dedicated Mass Transportation Trust Fund 33 Transit Authorities Account - 20851 34 To the metropolitan transportation authority 35 for deposit in the metropolitan transpor- 36 tation authority dedicated tax fund for 37 the expenses of the New York city transit 38 authority, the Manhattan and Bronx surface 39 transit operating authority, and the 40 Staten Island rapid transit operating 41 authority, the Long Island rail road 42 company and the Metro-North commuter rail- 43 road company which includes the New York 44 state portion of the Harlem, Hudson, Port 45 Jervis, Pascack, and the New Haven commu- 46 ter railroad service regardless of whether 47 the services are provided directly or 48 pursuant to joint service agreements. 49 No expenditure shall be made hereunder until 50 a certificate of approval has been issued 51 by the director of the budget and a copy 52 of such certificate filed with the state 53 comptroller, the chairperson of the senateA. 6440 18 1 finance committee and the chairperson of 2 the assembly ways and means committee. 3 Moneys appropriated herein may be made 4 available at such times and upon such 5 conditions as may be deemed appropriate by 6 the commissioner of transportation and the 7 director of the budget in accordance with 8 the following: 9 To the metropolitan transportation authority 10 for the operating expenses of the New York 11 city transit authority, the Manhattan and 12 Bronx surface transit operating authority, 13 and the Staten Island rapid transit oper- 14 ating authority (53173) ..................... 60,600,000 15 -------------- 16 § 12. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as 17 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby 18 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 19 public officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be 20 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2023. 21 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES 22 AID TO LOCALITIES 23 BLIND VETERAN ANNUITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ....................... 385,000 24 -------------- 25 General Fund 26 Local Assistance Account - 10000 27 For payment of annuities to blind veterans 28 and eligible surviving spouses. Up to 29 $15,000 of this appropriation may be 30 transferred to state operations for admin- 31 istrative costs associated with this 32 program (54606) ................................ 385,000 33 -------------- 34 § 13. No expenditure may be made from any appropriation in this act, 35 until a certificate of approval has been issued by the director of the 36 budget and a copy of such certificate shall have been filed with the 37 state comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance committee and the 38 chairman of the assembly ways and means committee provided, however, 39 that any expenditures from any appropriation in this act made by the 40 legislature or judiciary shall not require such certificate. 41 § 14. All expenditures and disbursements made against the appropri- 42 ations in this act shall, upon final action by the legislature on appro- 43 priation bills submitted by the governor pursuant to article VII of the 44 state constitution for the support of government for the state fiscal 45 year beginning April 1, 2023, be transferred by the comptroller as 46 expenditures and disbursements to such appropriations for all state 47 departments and agencies, as applicable, in amounts equal to the amountsA. 6440 19 1 charged against the appropriations in this act for each such department, 2 agency, and the legislature and the judiciary. 3 § 15. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdi- 4 vision, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of 5 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, 6 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in 7 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section 8 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg- 9 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of 10 the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such 11 invalid provisions had not been included herein. 12 § 16. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 13 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2023; provided, 14 however, that upon the transfer of expenditures and disbursements by the 15 comptroller as provided in section fourteen of this act, the appropri- 16 ations made by this act and subject to such section shall be deemed 17 repealed.
