STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5066 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 23, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to operating costs for substance abuse providers receiving federal aid The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 7 of subdivision (a) of section 25.01 of the 2 mental hygiene law, as added by section 3 of part G of chapter 56 of the 3 laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: 4 7. "Approved net operating cost" shall mean the remainder of total 5 operating expenses approved by the office, less all sources of revenue, 6 including voluntary agency contributions and local tax levy; provided, 7 however, that any federal grants received by, or approved to be received 8 by, a provider during the COVID-19 emergency relief period for the 9 purpose of providing pandemic relief shall not be considered a source of 10 revenue. 11 § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 10 of section 41.03 of the mental 12 hygiene law, as amended by chapter 588 of the laws of 1973 and such 13 subdivision as renumbered by section 7 of part E of chapter 111 of the 14 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 15 (c) federal aid received for operating costs; provided, however, that 16 any federal aid received by, or approved to be received by, a provider 17 during the COVID-19 emergency relief period for the purpose of providing 18 pandemic relief shall not be considered a source of revenue for the 19 purposes of this subdivision. 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09893-01-1