Provides that any volunteer agency who is granted state aid by the office of addiction services and supports or pursuant to a contract with a local governmental unit shall receive the full amount of such state aid within sixty days from approval; provides that volunteer agencies shall have two years to spend such aid.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10421
IN SENATE
May 15, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. BYNOE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance
Use Disorders
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to state aid
provided to volunteer agencies for the provision of certain addiction
services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 25.11 of the mental hygiene law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
3 (c) Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a
4 volunteer agency who is granted state aid by the office or pursuant to a
5 contract with a local governmental unit shall receive the full amount of
6 such state aid within sixty days from the time such state aid is
7 approved. Once a volunteer agency has received such state aid, such
8 volunteer agency shall utilize the full amount of such aid within two
9 years of receipt for purposes of providing substance use disorder,
10 treatment, compulsive gambling, prevention or other authorized services
11 and consistent with the provisions of this article.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11466-01-5
