Bill Text: NY S06081 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2021 through April 8, 2021.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-04-06 - SIGNED CHAP.101 [S06081 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S06081-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6081 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of the Governor) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT making appropriations for the support of government 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, 2021 are enacted. 8 § 2. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall 9 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropri- 10 ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public 11 officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be available 12 for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021. 13 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 14 For the purpose of making payments for 15 personal service, including liabilities 16 incurred prior to April 1, 2021, on the 17 payrolls scheduled to be paid during the 18 period April 1 through April 8, 2021 to 19 state officers and employees of the execu- 20 tive branch, including the governor, lieu- 21 tenant governor, comptroller and attorney 22 general; to officers and employees of the 23 judiciary; to officers and employees of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD12021-01-1S. 6081 2 1 the legislature, including payments to the 2 members of the senate and assembly under 3 sections 5 and 5-a of the legislative law; 4 and payments for services performed by 5 mentally ill or developmentally disabled 6 persons who are employed in state-operated 7 special employment, work-for-pay or shel- 8 tered workshop programs .................... 471,000,000 9 -------------- 10 § 3. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall 11 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropri- 12 ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public 13 officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be available 14 for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021. 15 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 16 For the purpose of state agencies making 17 payments for fringe benefit and indirect 18 cost assessments incurred against personal 19 service liabilities prior to April 1, 20 2021, and during the period April 1 21 through April 8, 2021 ....................... 65,000,000 22 -------------- 23 § 4. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall 24 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropri- 25 ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public 26 officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be available 27 for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021. 28 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 29 For the payment of state operations nonper- 30 sonal service liabilities to the executive 31 branch, including the comptroller, the 32 attorney general, and the legislature, 33 incurred in the ordinary course of busi- 34 ness, during the period April 1 through 35 April 8, 2021, pursuant to existing state 36 law and for purposes for which the legis- 37 lature authorized the expenditure of 38 moneys during the 2020-2021 state fiscal 39 year; provided, however, that nothing 40 contained herein shall be deemed to limit 41 or restrict the power or authority of 42 state departments or agencies to conduct 43 their activities or operations in accord- 44 ance with existing law, and further 45 provided that nothing contained herein 46 shall be deemed to supersede, nullify or 47 modify the provisions of section 40 of the 48 state finance law prescribing when appro- 49 priations made for the 2020-2021 stateS. 6081 3 1 fiscal year shall have ceased to have 2 force and effect ............................ 22,000,000 3 -------------- 4 § 5. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall 5 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropri- 6 ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public 7 officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be available 8 for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021. 9 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 10 The sum of thirty seven million dollars 11 ($37,000,000), or so much thereof as shall 12 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose 13 designated, is hereby appropriated for 14 contracts approved in accordance with 15 section 112 of the state finance law for 16 purposes for which the legislature author- 17 ized the expenditures of money during the 18 2020-2021 fiscal year. An amount up to 19 thirty seven million dollars ($37,000,000) 20 shall be available for the payment of 21 capital projects liabilities incurred 22 during the period from April 1 through 23 April 8, 2021 for contracts approved prior 24 to April 1, 2021, provided, however, that 25 nothing contained herein shall be deemed 26 to limit or restrict the power or authori- 27 ty of state departments or agencies to 28 conduct their activities or operations in 29 accordance with existing law, and further 30 provided that nothing contained herein 31 shall be deemed to supersede, nullify, or 32 modify the provisions of section 40 of the 33 state finance law prescribing when appro- 34 priations made for the 2020-2021 fiscal 35 year shall have ceased to have force and 36 effect ...................................... 37,000,000 37 -------------- 38 § 6. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall 39 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropri- 40 ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public 41 officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be available 42 for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021. 43 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 44 The sum of three million dollars 45 ($3,000,000), or so much thereof as shall 46 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose 47 designated, is hereby appropriated for 48 contracts approved in accordance with 49 section 112 of the state finance law for 50 purposes for which the legislature author-S. 6081 4 1 ized the expenditures of money during the 2 2020-2021 fiscal year. An amount up to 3 three million dollars ($3,000,000) shall 4 be available for the payment of capital 5 projects liabilities incurred during the 6 period from April 1 through April 8, 2021 7 for contracts approved after April 1, 8 2021, provided, however, that nothing 9 contained herein shall be deemed to limit 10 or restrict the power or authority of 11 state departments or agencies to conduct 12 their activities or operations in accord- 13 ance with existing law, and further 14 provided that nothing contained herein 15 shall be deemed to supersede, nullify, or 16 modify the provisions of section 40 of the 17 state finance law prescribing when appro- 18 priations made for the 2020-2021 fiscal 19 year shall have ceased to have force and 20 effect ....................................... 3,000,000 21 -------------- 22 § 7. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 23 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 24 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 25 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 26 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021. 27 THE JUDICIARY 28 For the payment of state operations nonper- 29 sonal service liabilities, the sum of 30 thirty-five million ($35,000,000), or so 31 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 non- 40 personal service liabilities incurred by 41 the judiciary from April 1 through April 42 8, 2021 ..................................... 35,000,000 43 For the payment of aid to localities liabil- 44 ities, the sum of one hundred thousand 45 dollars ($100,000), or so much thereof as 46 shall be sufficient to accomplish the 47 purpose designated, is hereby appropriated 48 to the judiciary out of any moneys in the 49 general fund or other funds to the credit 50 of the state purposes account not other- 51 wise appropriated. The comptroller is 52 hereby authorized and directed to utilizeS. 6081 5 1 this appropriation for the purpose of 2 making payments for aid to localities 3 liabilities incurred by the judiciary from 4 April 1 through April 8, 2021 .................. 100,000 5 For suballocation to the office of indigent 6 legal services, at the direction of the 7 chief administrator of the courts, for 8 payment pursuant to law to New York city, 9 pursuant to an agreement with such city, 10 for services and expenses related to 11 implementation of caseload standards for 12 institutional providers representing indi- 13 gent clients in criminal cases in such 14 city. Notwithstanding any other provision 15 of law, monies received by the office of 16 indigent legal services pursuant to this 17 suballocation may be distributed to New 18 York city only to the extent necessary to 19 enable compliance with section 127.7 of 20 the rules of the chief administrator of 21 the court (22 NYCRR § 127.7). 22 Criminal Caseload Reduction program ........... 47,000,000 23 For the payment of employee fringe benefit 24 programs including, but not limited to, 25 the judiciary's contributions to the 26 health insurance fund, the employees' 27 retirement system pension accumulation 28 fund, the social security contribution 29 fund, employee benefit fund programs, the 30 dental insurance plan, the vision care 31 plan, the unemployment insurance fund, and 32 for workers' compensation benefits, the 33 sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000), 34 or so much thereof as shall be sufficient 35 to accomplish the purpose designated, is 36 hereby appropriated to the judiciary out 37 of any moneys in the general fund or other 38 funds to the credit of the state purposes 39 account not otherwise appropriated. The 40 comptroller is hereby authorized and 41 directed to utilize this appropriation for 42 the purpose of making payments for employ- 43 ee fringe benefit liabilities incurred by 44 the judiciary from April 1 through April 45 8, 2021 ...................................... 5,000,000 46 -------------- 47 § 8. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall 48 be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby appropri- 49 ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public 50 officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be available 51 for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021. 52 MISCELLANEOUS -- ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 53 GENERAL STATE CHARGESS. 6081 6 1 STATE OPERATIONS 2 GENERAL STATE CHARGES ...................................... 600,350,000 3 -------------- 4 General Fund 5 State Purposes Account - 10050 6 For employee fringe benefits according to 7 the following project schedule including 8 those benefits which are related to 9 employees paid from funds, accounts, or 10 programs where the division of the budget 11 has issued waivers ......................... 570,300,000 12 PROJECT SCHEDULE 13 PROJECT AMOUNT 14 -------------------------------------------- 15 For the state's contribution 16 to the health insurance 17 fund. The state's share of 18 the health insurance program 19 dividends shall be available 20 to pay for the premiums in 21 2021-22 ...................... 400,000,000 22 For the state's contribution 23 to the social security 24 contribution fund ............. 75,000,000 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 ....... 50,500,000 35 For the state's contribution 36 to employee benefit fund 37 programs ...................... 35,000,000 38 For the state's contribution 39 to the dental insurance plan ... 6,000,000 40 For reimbursement to the unem- 41 ployment insurance fund for 42 payments made to claimants 43 formerly employed by the 44 state of New York .............. 2,000,000 45 For the state's contribution 46 to the vision care plan ........ 1,000,000 47 For the state's share of 48 contributions to the volun- 49 tary defined contribution 50 plan made on behalf of 51 eligible employees pursuant 52 to chapter 18 of the laws ofS. 6081 7 1 2012 who elect to partic- 2 ipate in such plan and who 3 are not otherwise eligible 4 to participate in the SUNY 5 optional retirement program ...... 500,000 6 For payments for the income 7 protection plans of current 8 and prior years .................. 300,000 9 -------------- 10 Project schedule total ................... 570,300,000 11 -------------- 12 For judgments against the state pursuant to 13 section 20 of the court of claims act and 14 for judgments pursuant to actions brought 15 in the court of claims against public 16 benefit corporations indemnified by the 17 state, exclusive of the payment of any 18 judgments arising out of actions or 19 proceedings brought to obtain payment for 20 wages, salaries or other employee bene- 21 fits. The moneys hereby appropriated are 22 available for payment of any liabilities 23 or obligations incurred prior to April 1, 24 2021 in addition to current liabilities ..... 25,000,000 25 For the payment of the defense by private 26 counsel and the indemnification or payment 27 on behalf of state officers and employees 28 in civil judicial proceedings in accord- 29 ance with the provisions of section 17 of 30 the public officers law; the payment on 31 behalf of the state, exclusive of the 32 payment for wages, salaries or other 33 employee benefits, in civil judicial 34 proceedings where a state officer or 35 employee entitled to a defense in accord- 36 ance with section 17 of the public offi- 37 cers law was dismissed from the civil 38 judicial proceeding; the payment on behalf 39 of the state, exclusive of the payment for 40 wages, salaries or other employment bene- 41 fits, and in civil judicial proceedings 42 brought pursuant to Title VI of the Civil 43 Rights Act of 1964, 42 USC § 2000d et 44 seq., Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 45 1964, 42 USC § 2000e et seq., Title IX of 46 the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 USC § 47 1681 et seq., Titles II, III, and/or V of 48 the Americans With Disabilities Act of 49 1990, 42 USC § 12101 et seq., of the Reha- 50 bilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC § 791 et 51 seq., the state human rights law and other 52 employment related causes of action; and 53 in criminal proceedings in accordance with 54 the provisions of section 19 of the public 55 officers law. The moneys hereby appropri-S. 6081 8 1 ated are available for payment of any 2 liabilities or obligations incurred prior 3 to April 1, 2021 in addition to current 4 liabilities .................................. 3,000,000 5 For the payment of the metropolitan commuter 6 transportation mobility tax pursuant to 7 article 23 of the tax law as added by 8 chapter 25 of the laws of 2009 on behalf 9 of the state employees employed in the 10 metropolitan commuter transportation 11 district ..................................... 1,300,000 12 For assessments for local improvements. The 13 moneys hereby appropriated are available 14 for payment of any liabilities or obli- 15 gations incurred prior to April 1, 2021 in 16 addition to current liabilities ................ 500,000 17 For payment of claims for damage to personal 18 or real property or for bodily injuries or 19 wrongful death caused by officers, employ- 20 ees, or other authorized persons providing 21 service to state government while provid- 22 ing such service, and the state university 23 construction fund while acting within the 24 scope of their employment, and while oper- 25 ating motor vehicles, and for any individ- 26 uals operating motor vehicles which are 27 assigned on a permanent basis with unre- 28 stricted use to state officers and employ- 29 ees when the person is permanently 30 assigned the motor vehicle ..................... 250,000 31 -------------- 32 Total amount available ................... 600,350,000 33 ============== 34 § 9. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 35 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 36 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 37 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 38 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021. 39 DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE 40 OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE 41 AID TO LOCALITIES 42 EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAM ...................... 212,916,000 43 -------------- 44 General Fund 45 Local Assistance Account - 10000 46 For state reimbursement of the safety net 47 assistance program as established pursuant 48 to chapter 436 of the laws of 1997.S. 6081 9 1 Notwithstanding section 153 of the social 2 services law or any other inconsistent 3 provision of law, funds appropriated here- 4 in shall reimburse 29 percent of safety 5 net assistance expenditures, including the 6 cost of providing shelter supplements for 7 safety net assistance households at local 8 option, including eligible households 9 containing a household member who has been 10 released from prison, in order to prevent 11 eviction and address homelessness in 12 accordance with social services district 13 plans approved by the office of temporary 14 and disability assistance and the director 15 of the budget, provided, however, that in 16 social services districts with a popu- 17 lation over five million no shelter 18 supplements other than those to prevent 19 eviction shall be reimbursed unless such 20 social services district has agreed to 21 offset claims for other eligible public 22 assistance expenditures in an amount 23 commensurate with the cost of any such 24 supplements, and further provided that 25 such supplements shall not be part of the 26 standard of need pursuant to section 131-a 27 of the social services law. Funds appro- 28 priated herein shall also reimburse 29 29 percent of safety net assistance expendi- 30 tures, in social services districts with a 31 population over five million, for emergen- 32 cy shelter, transportation, or nutrition 33 payments which the district determines are 34 necessary to establish or maintain inde- 35 pendent living arrangements among persons 36 living with medically diagnosed HIV 37 infection as defined by the AIDS institute 38 of the state department of health and who 39 are homeless or facing homelessness and 40 for whom no viable and less costly alter- 41 native to housing is available; provided, 42 however, that funds appropriated herein 43 may only be used for such purposes if the 44 cost of such allowances are not eligible 45 for reimbursement under medical assistance 46 or other programs. 47 Funds appropriated herein shall reimburse 29 48 percent of safety net assistance expendi- 49 tures, in social services districts with a 50 population of five million or fewer, for 51 emergency shelter payments promulgated by 52 the office of temporary and disability 53 assistance which the district determines 54 are necessary to establish or maintain 55 independent living arrangements among 56 persons living with medically diagnosedS. 6081 10 1 HIV infection as defined by the AIDS 2 institute of the state department of 3 health and who are homeless or facing 4 homelessness and for whom no viable and 5 less costly alternative to housing is 6 available; provided, however, that funds 7 appropriated herein may only be used for 8 such purposes if the cost of such allow- 9 ances are not eligible for reimbursement 10 under medical assistance or other 11 programs. 12 Funds appropriated herein shall reimburse 29 13 percent of safety net assistance expendi- 14 tures, in social services districts with a 15 population of five million or fewer, for 16 emergency shelter payments in excess of 17 those promulgated by the office of tempo- 18 rary and disability assistance but not 19 exceeding an amount reasonably approximate 20 to 100 percent of fair market rent, at 21 local option which the district determines 22 are necessary to establish or maintain 23 independent living arrangements among 24 persons living with medically diagnosed 25 HIV infection as defined by the AIDS 26 institute of the State department of 27 health and who are homeless or facing 28 homelessness and for whom no viable and 29 less costly alternative to housing is 30 available; provided, however, that funds 31 appropriated herein may only be used for 32 such purposes if the cost of such allow- 33 ances are not eligible for reimbursement 34 under medical assistance or other 35 programs. Such emergency shelter payments 36 shall only be made at local option and in 37 accordance with a plan approved by the 38 office of temporary and disability assist- 39 ance and the director of the budget. 40 Provided, however, notwithstanding section 41 153 of the social services law or any 42 other inconsistent provision of law, if 43 necessary funding, as determined by the 44 director of the budget, is secured in a 45 social services district from the medical 46 assistance program by reducing the capita- 47 tion rates paid to medicaid managed care 48 organizations by the amount of savings 49 resulting from stably housing individuals 50 living with medically diagnosed HIV 51 infection as defined by the AIDS institute 52 of the state department of health, the 53 social services district shall make such 54 emergency shelter payments in excess of 55 those promulgated by the office of tempo- 56 rary and disability assistance but notS. 6081 11 1 exceeding an amount reasonably approximate 2 to 100 percent of fair market rent, and 3 the savings shall be used to reimburse 100 4 percent of the cost of such excess emer- 5 gency shelter payments for cases reim- 6 bursed under the safety net assistance or 7 family assistance programs in social 8 services districts with a population of 9 five million or fewer, in accordance with 10 a plan approved by the office of temporary 11 and disability assistance and the director 12 of the budget; provided further that 13 reimbursement shall be provided to medi- 14 caid managed care organizations through 15 adjustments to capitation rates should 16 actual gross savings not be realized as 17 determined by the director of the budget. 18 For persons living with medically diagnosed 19 HIV infection as defined by the AIDS 20 institute of the state department of 21 health living in social service districts 22 with a population over five million who 23 are receiving public assistance, funds 24 appropriated herein shall be used to reim- 25 burse 29 percent of the additional rental 26 costs determined based on limiting such 27 person's earned and/or unearned income 28 contribution to 30 percent. 29 For persons living with medically diagnosed 30 HIV infection as defined by the AIDS 31 institute of the state department of 32 health living in social services districts 33 with a population of five million or fewer 34 who are receiving public assistance, funds 35 appropriated herein may be used to reim- 36 burse up to 100 percent of the additional 37 rental costs determined based on limiting 38 such person's earned and/or unearned 39 income contribution to 30 percent. Such 40 payments of additional rental costs shall 41 only be made at local option and in 42 accordance with a plan approved by the 43 office of temporary and disability assist- 44 ance and the director of the budget. 45 Provided, however, notwithstanding section 46 153 of the social services law or any 47 other inconsistent provision of law, if 48 necessary funding, as determined by the 49 director of the budget, is secured in a 50 social services district from the medical 51 assistance program by reducing the capita- 52 tion rates paid to medicaid managed care 53 organizations by the amount of savings 54 resulting from stably housing individuals 55 living with medically diagnosed HIV 56 infection as defined by the AIDS instituteS. 6081 12 1 of the state department of health, the 2 social services district shall make such 3 payments of additional rental costs, for 4 cases reimbursed under the safety net 5 assistance and family assistance program, 6 and the savings shall be used to reimburse 7 100 percent of the cost of the additional 8 rental costs determined based on limiting 9 such person's earned and/or unearned 10 income contribution to 30 percent in 11 social services districts with a popu- 12 lation of five million or fewer, in 13 accordance with a plan approved by the 14 office of temporary and disability assist- 15 ance and the director of the budget; 16 provided further that reimbursement shall 17 be provided to medicaid managed care 18 organizations through adjustments to capi- 19 tation rates should actual gross savings 20 not be realized as determined by the 21 director of the budget. 22 Amounts appropriated herein may be used to 23 enter into contracts with persons or enti- 24 ties authorized pursuant to subdivision 25 (i) of section 17 of the social services 26 law consistent with federal law and 27 requirements. Such contracts will be 28 consistent with subdivision (i) of section 29 17 of the social services law. Notwith- 30 standing section 153 of the social 31 services law or any other inconsistent 32 provision of law, the office may reduce 33 reimbursement otherwise payable to social 34 services districts to recover 29 percent 35 of costs incurred by the office for 36 expenditures related to subdivision (i) of 37 section 17 of the social services law. 38 Such funds are to be available for payment 39 of aid heretofore accrued or hereafter to 40 accrue to municipalities. Subject to the 41 approval of the director of the budget, 42 such funds shall be available to the 43 office of temporary and disability assist- 44 ance net of disallowances, refunds, 45 reimbursements, and credits, including 46 those related to title IV-E of the social 47 security act; and including, but not 48 limited to, additional federal funds 49 resulting from any changes in federal cost 50 allocation methodologies. 51 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 52 of law, the amount herein appropriated may 53 be increased or decreased by interchange 54 with any other appropriation within the 55 office of temporary and disability assist- 56 ance general fund - local assistanceS. 6081 13 1 account with the approval of the director 2 of the budget, who shall file such 3 approval with the department of audit and 4 control and copies thereof with the chair- 5 man of the senate finance committee and 6 the chairman of the assembly ways and 7 means committee. 8 Social services districts shall be required 9 to report to the office of temporary and 10 disability assistance on an annual basis, 11 information, as determined and requested 12 by the office, related to services and 13 expenditures for which reimbursement is 14 sought for providing temporary housing 15 assistance to homeless individuals and 16 families. Such information shall be 17 submitted electronically to the extent 18 feasible as determined by the office, and 19 shall be used to evaluate expenditures by 20 such social services districts for the 21 provision of temporary housing assistance 22 for homeless individuals and families. 23 Notwithstanding section 153 of the social 24 services law, or any other inconsistent 25 provision of law, the office of temporary 26 and disability assistance may withhold or 27 deny reimbursement, in whole or in part, 28 to any social services district that fails 29 to develop or submit a homeless services 30 plan subject to the approval of the office 31 of temporary and disability assistance, 32 fails to provide homeless services and 33 outreach in accordance with its approved 34 homeless services plan, or fails to devel- 35 op or submit homeless services outcome 36 reports, consistent with those require- 37 ments promulgated by the office of tempo- 38 rary and disability assistance. 39 Notwithstanding section 153 of the social 40 services law, or any other inconsistent 41 provision of law, such appropriation shall 42 be available for reimbursement of eligible 43 costs incurred on or after January 1, 2021 44 and before January 1, 2022, that are 45 otherwise reimbursable by the state on or 46 after April 1, 2021, that are claimed by 47 March 1, 2022. Such reimbursement shall 48 constitute total state reimbursement for 49 activities funded herein in state fiscal 50 year 2021-22 (52203) ........................ 46,250,000 51 For expenditures for additional state 52 payments for eligible aged, blind, and 53 disabled persons related to supplemental 54 security income and for expenditures made 55 pursuant to title 8 of article 5 of the 56 social services law. Such funds are avail-S. 6081 14 1 able for payment of aid heretofore accrued 2 or hereafter to accrue. Notwithstanding 3 any inconsistent provision of law, the 4 amount herein appropriated may be 5 increased or decreased by interchange with 6 any other appropriation within the office 7 of temporary and disability assistance 8 general fund - local assistance account 9 with the approval of the director of the 10 budget, who shall file such approval with 11 the department of audit and control and 12 copies thereof with the chairman of the 13 senate finance committee and the chairman 14 of the assembly ways and means committee 15 (52311) ..................................... 58,333,000 16 -------------- 17 Program account subtotal ................. 104,583,000 18 -------------- 19 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 20 Federal Health and Human Services Fund 21 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Account - 25178 22 For reimbursement of the cost of the family 23 assistance and the emergency assistance to 24 families programs. Notwithstanding section 25 153 of the social services law or any 26 inconsistent provision of law, funds 27 appropriated herein shall be provided 28 without state or local participation 29 except that for social services districts 30 with a population of five million or more, 31 reimbursement will be eighty-five percent. 32 Funds appropriated herein shall also 33 include the cost of providing shelter 34 supplements for family assistance house- 35 holds at local option, including eligible 36 households containing a household member 37 who has been released from prison, in 38 order to prevent eviction and address 39 homelessness in accordance with social 40 services district plans approved by the 41 office of temporary and disability assist- 42 ance and the director of the budget, 43 provided, however, that in social services 44 districts with a population over five 45 million no shelter supplements other than 46 those to prevent eviction shall be reim- 47 bursed unless such social services 48 district has agreed to offset claims for 49 other eligible public assistance expendi- 50 tures in an amount commensurate with the 51 cost of any such supplement, and further 52 provided that such supplements shall not 53 be part of the standard of need pursuantS. 6081 15 1 to section 131-a of the social services 2 law. 3 Funds appropriated herein shall also reim- 4 burse for family assistance expenditures 5 for emergency shelter, transportation, or 6 nutrition payments which the district 7 determines are necessary to establish or 8 maintain independent living arrangements 9 among persons living with medically diag- 10 nosed HIV infection as defined by the AIDS 11 institute of the State department of 12 health and who are homeless or facing 13 homelessness and for whom no viable and 14 less costly alternative to housing is 15 available; provided, however, that funds 16 appropriated herein may only be used for 17 such purposes if the cost of such allow- 18 ances are not eligible for reimbursement 19 under medical assistance or other 20 programs. 21 For persons living with medically diagnosed 22 HIV infection as defined by the AIDS 23 institute of the state department of 24 health who are receiving public assistance 25 funds appropriated herein shall not be 26 used to reimburse the additional rental 27 costs determined based on limiting such 28 person's earned and/or unearned income 29 contribution to 30 percent. 30 Amounts appropriated herein may be used to 31 enter into contracts with persons or enti- 32 ties authorized pursuant to subdivision 33 (i) of section 17 of the social services 34 law consistent with federal law and 35 requirements. Such contracts will be made 36 consistent with subdivision (i) of section 37 17 of the social services law. Notwith- 38 standing section 153 of the social 39 services law or any other inconsistent 40 provision of law, the office may reduce 41 reimbursement otherwise payable to social 42 services districts to recover the federal 43 share of costs incurred by the office for 44 expenditures related to subdivision (i) of 45 section 17 of the social services law. 46 Such funds are to be available for payment 47 of aid heretofore accrued or hereafter to 48 accrue to municipalities. Subject to the 49 approval of the director of the budget, 50 such funds shall be available to the 51 office of temporary and disability assist- 52 ance net of disallowances, refunds, 53 reimbursements, and credits including, but 54 not limited to, additional federal funds 55 resulting from any changes in federal cost 56 allocation methodologies.S. 6081 16 1 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 2 of law, the amount herein appropriated may 3 be increased or decreased by interchange 4 with any other appropriation within the 5 office of temporary and disability assist- 6 ance federal fund - local assistance 7 account with the approval of the director 8 of the budget, who shall file such 9 approval with the department of audit and 10 control and copies thereof with the chair- 11 man of the senate finance committee and 12 the chairman of the assembly ways and 13 means committee. 14 Social services districts shall be required 15 to report to the office of temporary and 16 disability assistance on an annual basis, 17 information, as determined and requested 18 by the office, related to services and 19 expenditures for which reimbursement is 20 sought for providing temporary housing 21 assistance to homeless individuals and 22 families. Such information shall be 23 submitted electronically to the extent 24 feasible as determined by the office, and 25 shall be used to evaluate expenditures by 26 such social services districts for the 27 provision of temporary housing assistance 28 for homeless individuals and families. 29 Notwithstanding section 153 of the social 30 services law, or any other inconsistent 31 provision of law, the office of temporary 32 and disability assistance may withhold or 33 deny reimbursement, in whole or in part, 34 to any social services district that fails 35 to develop or submit a homeless services 36 plan subject to the approval of the office 37 of temporary and disability assistance, 38 fails to provide homeless services and 39 outreach in accordance with its approved 40 homeless services plan, or fails to devel- 41 op or submit homeless services outcome 42 reports, consistent with those require- 43 ments promulgated by the office of tempo- 44 rary and disability assistance. 45 Notwithstanding section 153 of the social 46 services law, or any other inconsistent 47 provision of law, such appropriation shall 48 be available for reimbursement of eligible 49 costs incurred on or after January 1, 2021 50 and before January 1, 2022, that are 51 otherwise reimbursable by the state on or 52 after April 1, 2021, that are claimed by 53 March 1, 2022. Such reimbursement shall 54 constitute total federal reimbursement for 55 activities funded herein in state fiscal 56 year 2021-22 (52203) ...................... 108,333,000S. 6081 17 1 -------------- 2 Program account subtotal ................. 108,333,000 3 -------------- 4 § 10. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 5 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 6 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 7 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 8 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021. 9 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 10 AID TO LOCALITIES 11 CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM ......................... 19,200,000 12 -------------- 13 General Fund 14 Local Assistance Account - 10000 15 For services and expenses related to the 16 Indian health program. The moneys hereby 17 appropriated shall be for payment of 18 financial assistance heretofore accrued or 19 hereafter to accrue (26840) .................. 3,200,000 20 -------------- 21 Program account subtotal ................... 3,200,000 22 -------------- 23 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 24 Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Fund 25 Federal Food and Nutrition Services Account - 25022 26 For various federal food and nutritional 27 services. The moneys hereby appropriated 28 shall be available for payment of finan- 29 cial assistance heretofore accrued (26986) .. 16,000,000 30 -------------- 31 Program account subtotal .................. 16,000,000 32 -------------- 33 § 11. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as 34 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby 35 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 36 public officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be 37 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021. 38 JUSTICE CENTER FOR THE PROTECTION 39 OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS 40 AID TO LOCALITIES 41 COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS ..................................... 105,000 42 -------------- 43 Special Revenue Funds - OtherS. 6081 18 1 Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund 2 Federal Salary Sharing Account - 22056 3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 4 the money hereby appropriated may be 5 increased or decreased by interchange, 6 with any appropriation of the justice 7 center for the protection of people with 8 special needs, and may be increased or 9 decreased by transfer or suballocation 10 between these appropriated amounts and 11 appropriations of the commission on quali- 12 ty of care and advocacy for persons with 13 disabilities, office of mental health, 14 office for people with developmental disa- 15 bilities, office of addiction services and 16 supports, department of health, and the 17 office of children and family services 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 For surrogate decision-making committee 25 program contracts with local service 26 providers (48926) .............................. 105,000 27 -------------- 28 § 12. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as 29 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby 30 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 31 public officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be 32 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021. 33 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 34 AID TO LOCALITIES 35 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM ................... 5,000,000,000 36 -------------- 37 Enterprise Funds 38 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fund 39 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Account - 50650 40 For payment of unemployment insurance bene- 41 fits pursuant to article 18 of the labor 42 law or as authorized by the federal 43 government through the disaster unemploy- 44 ment assistance program, the emergency 45 unemployment compensation program, the 46 extended benefit program, the federal 47 additional compensation program or any 48 other federally funded unemployment bene- 49 fit program (34787) ...................... 5,000,000,000S. 6081 19 1 -------------- 2 § 13. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 3 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 4 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 5 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 6 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021. 7 DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE 8 OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 9 AID TO LOCALITIES 10 COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM .................................. 98,034,000 11 -------------- 12 General Fund 13 Local Assistance Account - 10000 14 For services and expenses of the community 15 services program, net of disallowances, 16 for community programs for people with 17 developmental disabilities pursuant to 18 article 41 of the mental hygiene law, 19 and/or chapter 620 of the laws of 1974, 20 chapter 660 of the laws of 1977, chapter 21 412 of the laws of 1981, chapter 27 of the 22 laws of 1987, chapter 729 of the laws of 23 1989, chapter 329 of the laws of 1993 and 24 other provisions of the mental hygiene 25 law. Notwithstanding any inconsistent 26 provision of law, the following appropri- 27 ation shall be net of prior and/or current 28 year refunds, rebates, reimbursements, and 29 credits. 30 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 31 advances and reimbursement made pursuant 32 to subdivision (d) of section 41.15 and 33 section 41.18 of the mental hygiene law 34 shall be allocated pursuant to a plan and 35 in a manner prescribed by the agency head 36 and approved by the director of the budg- 37 et. The moneys hereby appropriated are 38 available to reimburse or advance locali- 39 ties and voluntary non-profit agencies for 40 expenditures made during local fiscal 41 periods commencing January 1, 2020, April 42 1, 2020 or July 1, 2020, and for advances 43 for the 3 month period beginning January 44 1, 2021. 45 Notwithstanding the provisions of article 41 46 of the mental hygiene law or any other 47 inconsistent provision of law, rule or 48 regulation, the commissioner, pursuant to 49 such contract and in the manner providedS. 6081 20 1 therein, may pay all or a portion of the 2 expenses incurred by such voluntary agen- 3 cies arising out of loans which are funded 4 from the proceeds of bonds and notes 5 issued by the dormitory authority of the 6 state of New York. 7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 8 the money hereby appropriated may be 9 transferred to state operations and/or any 10 appropriation of the office for people 11 with developmental disabilities with the 12 approval of the director of the budget. 13 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 14 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 15 be used for state aid of up to 100 percent 16 of the net deficit costs of day training 17 programs and family support services. 18 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 19 16.23 of the mental hygiene law and any 20 other inconsistent provision of law, with 21 relation to the operation of certified 22 family care homes, including family care 23 homes sponsored by voluntary not-for-pro- 24 fit agencies, moneys from this appropri- 25 ation may be used for payments to purchase 26 general services including but not limited 27 to respite providers, up to a maximum of 7 28 days, at rates to be established by the 29 commissioner and approved by the director 30 of the budget in consideration of factors 31 including, but not limited to, geographic 32 area and number of clients cared for in 33 the home and for payment in an amount 34 determined by the commissioner for the 35 personal needs of each client residing in 36 the family care home. 37 Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivi- 38 sion 12 of section 8 of the state finance 39 law and any other inconsistent provision 40 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 41 be used for expenses of family care homes 42 including payments to operators of certi- 43 fied family care homes for damages caused 44 by clients to personal and real property 45 in accordance with standards established 46 by the commissioner and approved by the 47 director of the budget. 48 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 49 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 50 be used for appropriate day program 51 services and residential services includ- 52 ing, but not limited to, direct housing 53 subsidies to individuals, start-up 54 expenses for family care providers, envi- 55 ronmental modifications, adaptive technol- 56 ogies, appraisals, property options,S. 6081 21 1 feasibility studies and preoperational 2 expenses. 3 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 4 of law, for the period commencing on April 5 1, 2020 and ending March 31, 2021 the 6 commissioner shall not apply any cost of 7 living adjustment for the purpose of 8 establishing rates of payments, contracts 9 or any other form of reimbursement. 10 Notwithstanding section 6908 of the educa- 11 tion law and any other provision of law, 12 rule or regulation to the contrary, direct 13 support staff in programs certified or 14 approved by the office for people with 15 developmental disabilities, including the 16 home and community based services waiver 17 programs that the office for people with 18 developmental disabilities is authorized 19 to administer with federal approval pursu- 20 ant to subdivision (c) of section 1915 of 21 the federal social security act, are 22 authorized to provide such tasks as OPWDD 23 may specify when performed under the 24 supervision, training and periodic 25 inspection of a registered professional 26 nurse and in accordance with an authorized 27 practitioner's ordered care. 28 Funds appropriated herein shall be available 29 in accordance with the following: 30 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 31 of law, the director of the budget is 32 authorized to make suballocations from 33 this appropriation to the department of 34 health medical assistance program. 35 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 36 of law, and pursuant to criteria estab- 37 lished by the commissioner of the office 38 for people with developmental disabilities 39 and approved by the director of the budg- 40 et, expenditures may be made from this 41 appropriation for residential facilities 42 which are pending recertification as 43 intermediate care facilities for people 44 with developmental disabilities. 45 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 46 41.36 of the mental hygiene law and any 47 other inconsistent provision of law, 48 moneys from this appropriation may be used 49 for payment up to $250 per year per 50 client, at such times and in such manner 51 as determined by the commissioner on the 52 basis of financial need for the personal 53 needs of each client residing in voluntar- 54 y-operated community residences and volun- 55 tary-operated community residential alter- 56 natives, including individualizedS. 6081 22 1 residential alternatives under the home 2 and community based services waiver. The 3 commissioner shall, subject to the 4 approval of the director of the budget, 5 alter existing advance payment schedules 6 for voluntary-operated community resi- 7 dences established pursuant to section 8 41.36 of the mental hygiene law. 9 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 10 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 11 be used for the operation of clinics 12 licensed pursuant to article 16 of the 13 mental hygiene law including, but not 14 limited to, supportive and habilitative 15 services consistent with the home and 16 community based services waiver. 17 For the state share of medical assistance 18 services expenses incurred by the depart- 19 ment of health for the provision of 20 medical assistance services to people with 21 developmental disabilities (37835) .......... 77,480,000 22 For services and expenses of the community 23 services program, net of disallowances, 24 for community programs for people with 25 developmental disabilities pursuant to 26 article 41 of the mental hygiene law, 27 and/or chapter 620 of the laws of 1974, 28 chapter 660 of the laws of 1977, chapter 29 412 of the laws of 1981, chapter 27 of the 30 laws of 1987, chapter 729 of the laws of 31 1989, chapter 329 of the laws of 1993 and 32 other provisions of the mental hygiene 33 law. Notwithstanding any inconsistent 34 provision of law, the following appropri- 35 ation shall be net of prior and/or current 36 year refunds, rebates, reimbursements, and 37 credits. 38 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 39 advances and reimbursement made pursuant 40 to subdivision (d) of section 41.15 and 41 section 41.18 of the mental hygiene law 42 shall be allocated pursuant to a plan and 43 in a manner prescribed by the agency head 44 and approved by the director of the budg- 45 et. The moneys hereby appropriated are 46 available to reimburse or advance locali- 47 ties and voluntary non-profit agencies for 48 expenditures made during local fiscal 49 periods commencing January 1, 2020, April 50 1, 2020 or July 1, 2020, and for advances 51 for the 3 month period beginning January 52 1, 2021. 53 Notwithstanding the provisions of article 41 54 of the mental hygiene law or any other 55 inconsistent provision of law, rule or 56 regulation, the commissioner, pursuant toS. 6081 23 1 such contract and in the manner provided 2 therein, may pay all or a portion of the 3 expenses incurred by such voluntary agen- 4 cies arising out of loans which are funded 5 from the proceeds of bonds and notes 6 issued by the dormitory authority of the 7 state of New York. 8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 9 the money hereby appropriated may be 10 transferred to state operations and/or any 11 appropriation of the office for people 12 with developmental disabilities with the 13 approval of the director of the budget. 14 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 15 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 16 be used for state aid of up to 100 percent 17 of the net deficit costs of day training 18 programs and family support services. 19 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 20 16.23 of the mental hygiene law and any 21 other inconsistent provision of law, with 22 relation to the operation of certified 23 family care homes, including family care 24 homes sponsored by voluntary not-for-pro- 25 fit agencies, moneys from this appropri- 26 ation may be used for payments to purchase 27 general services including but not limited 28 to respite providers, up to a maximum of 7 29 days, at rates to be established by the 30 commissioner and approved by the director 31 of the budget in consideration of factors 32 including, but not limited to, geographic 33 area and number of clients cared for in 34 the home and for payment in an amount 35 determined by the commissioner for the 36 personal needs of each client residing in 37 the family care home. 38 Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivi- 39 sion 12 of section 8 of the state finance 40 law and any other inconsistent provision 41 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 42 be used for expenses of family care homes 43 including payments to operators of certi- 44 fied family care homes for damages caused 45 by clients to personal and real property 46 in accordance with standards established 47 by the commissioner and approved by the 48 director of the budget. 49 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 50 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 51 be used for appropriate day program 52 services and residential services includ- 53 ing, but not limited to, direct housing 54 subsidies to individuals, start-up 55 expenses for family care providers, envi- 56 ronmental modifications, adaptive technol-S. 6081 24 1 ogies, appraisals, property options, 2 feasibility studies and preoperational 3 expenses. 4 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 5 of law, for the period commencing on April 6 1, 2020 and ending March 31, 2021 the 7 commissioner shall not apply any cost of 8 living adjustment for the purpose of 9 establishing rates of payments, contracts 10 or any other form of reimbursement. 11 Notwithstanding section 6908 of the educa- 12 tion law and any other provision of law, 13 rule or regulation to the contrary, direct 14 support staff in programs certified or 15 approved by the office for people with 16 developmental disabilities, including the 17 home and community based services waiver 18 programs that the office for people with 19 developmental disabilities is authorized 20 to administer with federal approval pursu- 21 ant to subdivision (c) of section 1915 of 22 the federal social security act, are 23 authorized to provide such tasks as OPWDD 24 may specify when performed under the 25 supervision, training and periodic 26 inspection of a registered professional 27 nurse and in accordance with an authorized 28 practitioner's ordered care. 29 Funds appropriated herein shall be available 30 in accordance with the following: 31 Notwithstanding any other provision of law 32 to the contrary, funds appropriated herein 33 are available to reimburse in- and out-of- 34 state private residential schools, pursu- 35 ant to subdivision (c) of section 13.37-a 36 and subdivision (g) of section 13.38 of 37 the mental hygiene law, for costs of 38 supporting the residential and day program 39 services available to individuals who are 40 over the age of 21 years of age, provided 41 that the amount paid for residential 42 services and/or maintenance costs is net 43 of any supplemental security income bene- 44 fit to which the individual receiving 45 services is eligible, and provided further 46 that funding for nonresidential services 47 will be in an amount not to exceed the 48 maximum reimbursement for appropriate day 49 services delivered by the office for 50 people with developmental disabilities 51 certified or approved providers other than 52 in- and out-of-state private residential 53 schools, unless otherwise authorized by 54 the director of the budget. 55 Notwithstanding section 163 of the state 56 finance law, section 142 of the economicS. 6081 25 1 development law, and article 41 of the 2 mental hygiene law, the commissioner of 3 the office for people with developmental 4 disabilities may make the funds appropri- 5 ated herein available as state aid, a loan 6 or a grant, pursuant to terms and condi- 7 tions established by the commissioner of 8 the office for people with developmental 9 disabilities, to cover a portion of the 10 development costs of private, public 11 and/or non-profit organizations, including 12 corporations and partnerships established 13 pursuant to the private housing finance 14 law and/or any other statutory provisions, 15 for supportive housing units that have 16 been set aside for individuals with intel- 17 lectual and developmental disabilities. 18 Further, the office for people with devel- 19 opmental disabilities shall have a lien on 20 the real property developed with such 21 state aid, loans or grants, which shall be 22 in the amount of the loan or grant, for a 23 maximum term of 30 years, or other longer 24 term consistent with the requirements of 25 another regulatory agency. 26 For services and expenses related to the 27 provision of residential services to 28 people with developmental disabilities 29 (37802) ..................................... 11,659,000 30 For services and expenses related to the 31 provision of day program services to 32 people with developmental disabilities 33 (37803) ...................................... 2,674,000 34 For services and expenses related to the 35 provision of family support services to 36 people with developmental disabilities 37 (37804) ...................................... 3,732,000 38 For services and expenses related to the 39 provision of workshop, day training and 40 employment services to people with devel- 41 opmental disabilities. Notwithstanding any 42 other provision of law, up to $800,000 of 43 this appropriation may be transferred to 44 the New York State Education Departments' 45 Adult Career and Continuing Education 46 Services - Vocational Rehabilitation 47 (ACCES-VR) program to support the Long- 48 Term Sheltered Employment program operated 49 by FEDCAP Rehabilitation Services, Inc. 50 (37805) ...................................... 2,154,000 51 For other services and expenses provided to 52 people with developmental disabilities 53 including but not limited to hepatitis B, 54 care at home waiver, epilepsy services, 55 Special Olympics New York, Inc. and volun- 56 tary fingerprinting (37806) .................... 335,000S. 6081 26 1 -------------- 2 § 14. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as 3 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby 4 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 5 public officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be 6 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021. 7 DIVISION OF VETERANS' SERVICES 8 AID TO LOCALITIES 9 BLIND VETERAN ANNUITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ....................... 407,000 10 -------------- 11 General Fund 12 Local Assistance Account - 10000 13 For payment of annuities to blind veterans 14 and eligible surviving spouses. Up to 15 $15,000 of this appropriation may be 16 transferred to state operations for admin- 17 istrative costs associated with this 18 program (54606) ................................ 407,000 19 -------------- 20 § 15. No expenditure may be made from any appropriation in this act, 21 until a certificate of approval has been issued by the director of the 22 budget and a copy of such certificate shall have been filed with the 23 state comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance committee and the 24 chairman of the assembly ways and means committee provided, however, 25 that any expenditures from any appropriation in this act made by the 26 legislature or judiciary shall not require such certificate. 27 § 16. All expenditures and disbursements made against the appropri- 28 ations in this act shall, upon final action by the legislature on appro- 29 priation bills submitted by the governor pursuant to article VII of the 30 state constitution for the support of government for the state fiscal 31 year beginning April 1, 2021, be transferred by the comptroller as 32 expenditures and disbursements to such appropriations for all state 33 departments and agencies, the legislature and the judiciary, as applica- 34 ble, in amounts equal to the amounts charged against the appropriations 35 in this act for each such department and agency, the legislature and the 36 judiciary. 37 § 17. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdi- 38 vision, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of 39 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, 40 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in 41 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section 42 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg- 43 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of 44 the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such 45 invalid provisions had not been included herein.S. 6081 27 1 § 18. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 2 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2021; provided, 3 however, that upon the transfer of expenditures and disbursements by the 4 comptroller as provided in section sixteen of this act, the appropri- 5 ations made by this act and subject to such section shall be deemed 6 repealed.
