Bill Text: NY A06109 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to funds concerning state university health care facilities; prohibits the use of such funds for payment of certain debts related to a state university health care facility.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-26 - referred to higher education [A06109 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A06109-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6109

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 26, 2025
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. HUNTER, LUPARDO, BURDICK, LUNSFORD, JACOBSON,
          SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to funds concerning state
          university health care facilities

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

     1    Section  1.    Subdivision 8-a of section 355 of the education law, as
     2  amended by section 8 of part Q of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2013,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    8-a.  All  monies  received by state university health care facilities
     5  from fees, charges, and reimbursement and from all other  sources  shall
     6  be  credited  to  a state university health care account in a fund to be
     7  designated by the state comptroller. Notwithstanding  the  provision  of
     8  any  law,  rule  or regulation to the contrary, a portion of such monies
     9  credited may be transferred to a state university account  as  requested
    10  by  the  state  university  chancellor  or  [his or her] their designee.
    11  Monies to establish reserves for long-term expenses of state  university
    12  health  care  facilities  and  to  fulfill  obligations required for any
    13  contract for health care services  authorized  pursuant  to  subdivision
    14  sixteen  of  this section may be designated by the state university as a
    15  reserve and transferred to a separate contractual reserve  account.  The
    16  amounts  in  such accounts shall be available for use in accordance with
    17  paragraph b of subdivision four and subdivision eight of  this  section.
    18  Monies  shall  only  be  expended  from the state university health care
    19  account and the contractual reserve account pursuant  to  appropriation.
    20  Notwithstanding  any provision of this chapter, the state finance law or
    21  any other law to the contrary, such appropriations shall remain in  full
    22  force  and effect for two years from the effective date of the appropri-
    23  ation act  making  the  appropriation.  Monies  so  transferred  may  be
    24  returned to the state university health care account; provided, however,
    25  that  funds  in  such  contractual reserve account must be sufficient to

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08573-01-5
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     1  meet the obligations of all such contracts.  Notwithstanding  any  other
     2  law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, no state agency or state offi-
     3  cial  or employee acting in their official capacity, may transfer, loan,
     4  or  otherwise  appropriate  any  income  or  funds impacting, involving,
     5  generated by, or appropriated for any component of the state university,
     6  or community colleges as defined by section sixty-three hundred  one  of
     7  this  chapter  operating  under  the  program  of  the state university,
     8  including such income or funds impacting, involving,  generated  by,  or
     9  appropriated for a state university health care facility, to the general
    10  fund  or any other fund or account held within the auspices of the comp-
    11  troller of the state of New York, for prepayment, repayment,  or  other-
    12  wise  recompense  for  debt  service costs related to a state university
    13  health care facility. The provisions of this subdivision shall supersede
    14  any other general, special or local law inconsistent therewith  notwith-
    15  standing,  unless this section is expressly and specifically referred to
    16  in such other general, special or local law.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.