Bill Text: NY A08374 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Provides support to refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine who have been displaced through no fault of their own.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-16 - print number 8374a [A08374 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08374-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8374--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    October 20, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Ways and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in
          accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee

        AN ACT to amend chapter 53 of the laws of  2021,  enacting  the  aid  to
          localities budget, in relation to supporting refugees from Afghanistan
          and Ukraine

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "securing
     2  and assisting vulnerable evacuees (SAVE) act".
     3    §  2.  Recent  turmoil in Afghanistan and Ukraine has caused a signif-
     4  icant flight of people from  both  nations,  requiring  other  countries
     5  throughout  the  world  to assist in the resettlement of individuals and
     6  families who have been displaced through no fault of their  own.    This
     7  bill  is  intended  to  allocate adequate funding to support a potential
     8  significant increase in the number of refugees that New York state  will
     9  be taking in as a result of these ongoing situations.
    10    §  3. Section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2021, enacting the aid to
    11  localities budget, is amended by repealing the items  herein  below  set
    12  forth  in  brackets and by adding to such section the other items under-
    13  scored in this section:

    14  SPECIALIZED SERVICES PROGRAM ............. [2,785,196,000] 2,861,796,000
    15                                             --------------

    16    General Fund
    17    Local Assistance Account - 10000

    18    Special Revenue Funds - Federal

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13100-03-2

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     1    Federal Health and Human Services Fund
     2    Refugee Resettlement Account - 25160

     3  For  services  related  to  refugee programs
     4    including but not limited  to  the  Cuban-
     5    Haitian  and  refugee resettlement program
     6    and the Cuban-Haitian and refugee targeted
     7    assistance program  provided  pursuant  to
     8    the federal refugee assistance act of 1980
     9    as amended.
    10  Funds appropriated herein shall be available
    11    for aid to municipalities and for payments
    12    to the federal government for expenditures
    13    made  pursuant  to the social services law
    14    and the  state  plan  for  individual  and
    15    family  grant  program  under the disaster
    16    relief act of 1974.
    17  Such funds are to be available  for  payment
    18    of  aid heretofore accrued or hereafter to
    19    accrue to municipalities. Subject  to  the
    20    approval  of  the  director of the budget,
    21    such  funds  shall  be  available  to  the
    22    office of temporary and disability assist-
    23    ance   net   of   disallowances,  refunds,
    24    reimbursements, and credits.
    25  Notwithstanding any  inconsistent  provision
    26    of law, funds appropriated herein, subject
    27    to  the  approval  of  the director of the
    28    budget and in accordance with a memorandum
    29    of understanding  between  the  office  of
    30    temporary  and  disability  assistance and
    31    any other state agency, may be transferred
    32    or suballocated to any other state  agency
    33    for expenses related to refugee programs.
    34  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent provision
    35    of law, and subject to the approval of the
    36    director of the budget, the amount  appro-
    37    priated   herein   may   be  increased  or
    38    decreased through transfer or  interchange
    39    with any other federal appropriation with-
    40    in  the office of temporary and disability
    41    assistance (52304) .......................... 26,000,000
    42  For  services  and  expenses  of  supporting
    43    Afghan  and  Ukrainian  refugees.  For the
    44    purposes of this appropriation, supporting
    45    Afghan and Ukrainian refugees  shall  mean
    46    providing  assistance for the resettlement
    47    of Afghan and Ukrainian refugees  who  are
    48    part  of  any  program  established by the
    49    federal  government  for   refugees   from
    50    Afghanistan  in light of the Taliban take-
    51    over  of  the  country  in  2021  and  the
    52    Russian   invasion  of  Ukraine  in  2022.
    53    Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
    54    of law, this appropriation shall  be  used
    55    for grants in aid or expenses of contracts

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     1    with  not-for-profit agencies to be deter-
     2    mined pursuant to a plan to  be  developed
     3    by  the office of temporary and disability
     4    assistance  and  the office for new Ameri-
     5    cans  in  the  department  of  state,   in
     6    consultation  with  the  director  of  the
     7    budget. The funds appropriated herein  may
     8    be  transferred or suballocated to any aid
     9    to localities, state operations, or  capi-
    10    tal appropriation of any state department,
    11    agency,  or  authority  to  accomplish the
    12    intent or purposes stated herein ............ 50,000,000
    13                                              --------------
    14      Program account subtotal .... [26,000,000]  76,000,000
    15                                 --------------

    16    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
    17  have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2021.
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