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A10040 Summary:

BILL NOA10040
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08208
 
SPONSORClark
 
COSPNSRDarling, Abinanti, Gonzalez-Rojas, Griffin, Epstein, Septimo, Gottfried, DeStefano, Lawler, Simon
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §16.38, Ment Hyg L
 
Prohibits the withholding of state funding for service providers for people with developmental disabilities due to the receipt of certain COVID-19 federal funds.
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A10040 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          10040
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 29, 2022
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on People with Disabilities
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to  prohibiting  the
          withholding  of  state  funding  for service providers for people with
          developmental disabilities due to  the  receipt  of  COVID-19  federal
          funds

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  16.38 to read as follows:
     3  § 16.38 Funding for services of the office for people with developmental
     4            disabilities  not  affected by the receipt of certain COVID-19
     5            federal funds.
     6    A holder of an operating certificate issued pursuant to  this  article
     7  or  organization  whose incorporation or activities require the approval
     8  of the commissioner, or program funded or  administered  by  the  office
     9  shall  not have any state funding withheld as a result of the receipt of
    10  federal funds that were provided to such operating  certificate  holder,
    11  organization or program:
    12    (a)  as  part of any federal paycheck protection program loan forgive-
    13  ness funding;
    14    (b) as a result  of  federal  emergency  management  agency  emergency
    15  protective  measures,  including  but not limited to personal protective
    16  equipment and cleaning services;
    17    (c) as part of the Coronavirus  Aid,  Relief,  and  Economic  Security
    18  (CARES) Act of 2020;
    19    (d)  as  part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, American
    20  Rescue Plan Act of 2021; or
    21    (e) as other extraordinary federal funding provided in response to the
    22  COVID-19 pandemic.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
    24  have been in full force and effect on and after March 13, 2020.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13303-02-1
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