NY State Senate Bill 2021-S295

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 05, 2022	referred to finance
Jan 06, 2021	referred to finance

2021-S295 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: State Finance Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §23, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S8254

2021-S295 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the negative effect of COVID-19 related budget cuts on certain populations.

2021-S295 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S295

SPONSOR: MYRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to the negative
effect of COVID-19 related budget cuts on certain populations

 
PURPOSE:

Prevent disproportionately impacted populations from being further
victimized in the wake of budget cuts resulting from the COVID-19
pandemic.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Do No Harm
Act".

Section 2: Amends subdivision 7 of Section 23 of the state finance law
by adding subparagraph (v) to paragraph (d), which subparagraph requires

that any budget cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic that disproportionate-
ly affect certain populations identified by disparities in rates of
infection and death due to race, age and zip code based on demographic
data provided by state and local departments of health be accompanied by
a remediation plan to offset the disproportionate impact of those cuts.

Section 3 sets forth the effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The state has recognized that certain identifiable groups of people have
been, are being, and will continue to be disproportionately affected by
the deadly COVID-19 virus and pandemic. It comes as no surprise that
this group is largely comprised of black and brown New Yorkers. New
Yorkers of color also predominate "front-line" workers:  the nurses,
health aids, janitors, food preparation and delivery persons, police
officers, fire fighters, mail delivery personnel, grocery store clerks
and others who are keeping the rest of the population safe, fed and as
comfortable as possible. It is those workers and their families who are
being and will continue to be negatively impacted by the COVID-19
pandemic.

Historic discrimination in the areas of health care, education, pay,
housing and nutrition have made this population more vulnerable to
crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic which is why t is imperative that
no further harm befall disproportionately impacted members of our State
as a result of the economic fall-out from the COVID-19 pandemic. This
bill will ensure that any budgetary cuts to hospitals, schools, housing,
and other government funded services or programs are offset by a dedi-
cation of funds to assist those most in need who have in many cases
lost, and in all cases risked, their lives for the greater public good.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S8254 of 2019-20

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, the amend-
ments to subdivision 7 of section 23 of the state finance law made by
section two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such subdivision
and shall be deemed repealed therewith.

2021-S295 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    295
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance  law,  in  relation  to  the  negative
   effect of COVID-19 related budget cuts on certain populations

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Do No Harm
 Act".
   § 2. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 7 of section 23 of the state finance
 law, as added by section 24 of part JJ of chapter  56  of  the  laws  of
 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (d)  The  following  types of appropriations shall be exempt from such
 reduction pursuant to this subdivision: (i) public  assistance  payments
 for  families  and individuals and payments for eligible aged, blind and
 disabled persons related  to  supplemental  social  security;  (ii)  any
 reductions  that  would  violate  federal  law;  (iii)  payments of debt
 service and related expenses for which  the  state  is  constitutionally
 obligated  to pay debt service or is contractually obligated to pay debt
 service, subject to an appropriation, including where the  state  has  a
 contingent  contractual  obligation;  [and]  (iv)  payments the state is
 obligated to make pursuant to court orders or  judgments;  AND  (V)  ANY
 REDUCTIONS IN FUNDING THAT WOULD COMPOUND THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF
 COVID-19  ON  CERTAIN  DISPROPORTIONATELY  IMPACTED  POPULATIONS.    ANY
 PROPOSED REDUCTION IN FUNDING THAT WOULD COMPOUND  THE  DISPROPORTIONATE
 IMPACT  OF  COVID-19  ON CERTAIN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED POPULATIONS
 SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A REMEDIATION  PLAN  TO  OFFSET  THE  DISPROPOR-
 TIONATE  IMPACT.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "DISPROPORTIONATE
 IMPACT" SHALL MEAN DISPARITIES IN RATES OF INFECTION AND DEATH BY  RACE,
 AGE,  AND ZIP CODE BASED ON DEMOGRAPHIC DATA PROVIDED BY STATE AND LOCAL
 DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02407-01-1

 S. 295                              2
 
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided,  however,  the
 amendments  to subdivision 7 of section 23 of the state finance law made
 by section two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such  subdivi-
 sion and shall be deemed repealed therewith.

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