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Assembly Bill A7435

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Makes an appropriation to the office for people with developmental disabilities to offset the cost of increased development of residential facilities in unserved and underserved communities

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2013-A7435 (ACTIVE) - Details

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2013-A7435 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes an appropriation to the office for people with developmental disabilities to offset the cost of increased development of residential facilities in unserved and underserved communities.

2013-A7435 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7435

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BOYLAND -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Ways and Means

AN ACT making an appropriation to the office for  people  with  develop-
  mental  disabilities  for the purpose of increasing residential treat-
  ment facilities in unserved and underserved areas

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section   1.   The   sum   of   two   hundred  fifty  million  dollars
($250,000,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appro-
priated to the office for people with developmental disabilities out  of
any  moneys  in  the  state  treasury in the general fund, not otherwise
appropriated,  and  made  immediately  available,  for   the   following
purposes:
  a.  One  hundred  twenty-five  million dollars ($125,000,000) shall be
made available to the office for people with developmental  disabilities
immediately to assist the office for people with developmental disabili-
ties  with  the  development  and providing programs for new residential
treatment facilities in unserved and underserved communities  throughout
New York state; and
  b.  One  hundred  twenty-five  million dollars ($125,000,000) shall be
made available to the office for people with developmental  disabilities
one  year after the effective date of this act to continue to assist the
office for people with developmental disabilities  with  increasing  the
number  of  new  residential treatment facilities in unserved and under-
served areas of this state through  the  development  and  providing  of
programs for these new facilities.
  Such  moneys  shall  be  payable on the audit and warrant of the comp-
troller on vouchers certified or approved by  the  commissioner  of  the
office of developmental disabilities in the manner prescribed by law.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10367-01-3

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