NY State Senate Bill 2021-S4460

Senate Bill S4460

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for the development, expansion, and/or operation of substance abuse supports and services for treatment, recovery, and prevention of heroin and opiate use and addiction disorders; appropriation

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to finance
Feb 04, 2021	referred to finance

2021-S4460 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Appropriations
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S7666

2021-S4460 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the development, expansion, and/or operation of substance abuse supports and services for treatment, recovery, and prevention of heroin and opiate use and addiction disorders.

2021-S4460 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4460

SPONSOR: AKSHAR
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to provide for the development, expansion, and/or operation of
substance abuse supports and services for treatment, recovery, and
prevention of heroin and opiate use and addiction disorders; and making
an appropriation therefor

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill appropriates funds to the office of addition services to
develop, expand and/or operate substance abuse supports and services,
including but not limited to housing services.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Hereby appropriates seventy-five million dollars
($75,000,000) to the office of addiction services and supports to
support efforts to develop,ò expand, and/or operate substance abuse

supports and services for treatment, recovery, and prevention of heroin
and opiate use and addiction disorders including but not limited to
housing services for affected populations.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the expendi-
tures of this appropriation can be transferred to local assistance,
state operations, and/or capital projects appropriations of the office
of addiction services and supports and/or any other appropriation of the
office of addiction services and supports.  Notwithstanding sections 112
and 163 of the state finance law and section 142 of the economic devel-
opment law, or any other inconsistent provision of law, funds available
for expenditure pursuant to this appropriation for housing services for
persons with heroin and opiate use and addiction disorders, may be allo-
cated and distributed by the commissioner of the office of addiction
services and supports, subject to approval of the director of the budg-
et, without a competitive bid or request for proposal process.

Further, prior to an award being granted to an affected applicant, the
commissioner of the office of addiction services and supports shall
formally notify in writing the chair of the senate finance committee and
the chair of the assembly the intent to grant such an award.

Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation would appropriate $75,000,000 to the office of
addiction services and supports to support efforts to develop, expand,
and/or operate substance abuse supports and services for treatment,
recovery, and prevention of heroin and opiate use and addiction disor-
ders.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.7666 of 2020: Referred to Finance

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

$75,000,000

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S4460 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4460
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to provide for the development, expansion,  and/or  operation  of
   substance  abuse  supports  and  services for treatment, recovery, and
   prevention of heroin and  opiate  use  and  addiction  disorders;  and
   making an appropriation therefor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The sum of seventy-five million  dollars  ($75,000,000)  is
 hereby appropriated to the office of addiction services and supports out
 of any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to the credit of
 the  state purposes account for services and expenses to support efforts
 to develop, expand, and/or operate substance abuse supports and services
 for treatment, recovery, and prevention of heroin  and  opiate  use  and
 addiction  disorders including but not limited to the provision of hous-
 ing  services  for  affected  populations.  Notwithstanding  any   other
 provision  of  law to the contrary, the expenditures from this appropri-
 ation, and any portion of the money hereby appropriated  may  be  trans-
 ferred  from  this  appropriation  to  the local assistance, state oper-
 ations,  and/or  capital  projects  appropriations  of  the  office   of
 addiction  services  and  supports and/or any other appropriation of the
 office of addiction services and supports. Notwithstanding sections  112
 and  163 of the state finance law and section 142 of the economic devel-
 opment law, or any other inconsistent provision of law, funds  available
 for  expenditure  pursuant  to  this  appropriation for the development,
 expansion, and/or operation of treatment,  recovery,  prevention  and/or
 housing  services  for  persons with heroin and opiate use and addiction
 disorders, may be allocated and distributed by the commissioner  of  the
 office  of  addiction  services and supports, subject to approval of the
 director of the  budget,  without  a  competitive  bid  or  request  for
 proposal process. Prior to an award being granted to an applicant pursu-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD04363-01-1

 S. 4460                             2
 
 ant  to  this  process,  the  commissioner  of  the  office of addiction
 services and supports shall formally notify in writing the chair of  the
 senate  finance  committee  and the chair of the assembly ways and means
 committee  of  the  intent  to  grant  such  an award. Such notice shall
 include information regarding how the prospective recipient meets objec-
 tive criteria established by the commissioner of the office of addiction
 services and supports.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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