Bill Text: NY S02029 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants a waiver in the amount of $52,000 to Adirondack Helping Hands for services rendered during the 2016--2017 school year; provides such waiver shall be allocated to costs associated with special class in an integrated setting spending for the 2016--2017 school year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO DISABILITIES [S02029 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02029-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2029

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 18, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities

        AN ACT relating to granting a waiver to Adirondack Helping Hands for the
          2016--2017 school year

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

     1    Section  1.  (a)  Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule, or regu-
     2  lation to the contrary, Adirondack Helping  Hands  shall  be  granted  a
     3  waiver  in  the  amount  of  $52,000  for  services  rendered during the
     4  2016--2017 school year. Such waiver shall be allocated to costs  associ-
     5  ated  with special class in an integrated setting spending for the 2016-
     6  -2017 school year.  Adirondack Helping Hands shall reduce any recognized
     7  surplus for such school year by $52,000.  A  final  surplus  of  $16,000
     8  shall be recoverable on reconciliation.
     9    (b)  For  purposes  of  this  section, "special class in an integrated
    10  setting" shall mean a classroom where  students  with  intellectual  and
    11  developmental  disabilities  receive special services and supports while
    12  learning alongside students without such disabilities.
    13    § 2. The commissioner of education is hereby directed to calculate and
    14  finalize any rate reconciliation for Adirondack Helping Hands and  shall
    15  submit  such  rate  reconciliation to the director of the budget, who is
    16  hereby directed to approve such submittal.
    17    § 3. No additional penalty associated with such waiver shall be levied
    18  against Adirondack Helping Hands in any subsequent school year.
    19    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06242-01-3