NY State Senate Bill 2023-S4696

Senate Bill S4696

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Makes an appropriation to the office for people with developmental disabilities to offset the cost of increased development of residential facilities

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2024	referred to finance
Feb 13, 2023	referred to finance

2023-S4696 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Appropriations
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2450
2011-2012: S1725
2013-2014: S2827
2015-2016: S2616
2017-2018: S2224
2019-2020: S4025
2021-2022: S3274

2023-S4696 (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.

2023-S4696 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4696

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act making an appropriation to the office for people with develop-
mental disabilities for the purpose of increasing residential treatment
facilities in unserved and underserved areas

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to increase residential capacity in under-
.served communities.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1: The sum of two hundred fifty million dollars (250,000,000),
or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated 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.

Section 2: This act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

There are presently people residing in underserved communities, and they
require assistance that the Office for People with Developmental Disa-
bilities can provide. The appropriation to the Office for People with
Developmental Disabilities will help in an exorbitant way and further
push to increase development of residential capacity in underserved
communities throughout New York state.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2022-21: S3274 - Referred to Finance

2019-20: S4025- Referred to Finance

2017-18: S2224-REFERRED TO FINANCE

2015-16: S.2616- Referred to Finance

2013-14: S.2827- Referred to Finance

2011-12: S.1725- Referred to Finance

2010: S.2450 - Referred to Finance

2008: S.7276 - Referred to Finance

 
FISCAL IMPLICATION FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

Undetermined. State funding would be needed to implement this new
program.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S4696 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4696
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 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  devel-
 opmental disabilities in the manner prescribed by law.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06005-01-3

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