New York S 4716: Prohibits the withholding of state funding for service providers for people with developmental disabilities due to the receipt of certain COVID-19 federal funds

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S04716 Summary:

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Prohibits the withholding of state funding for service providers for people with developmental disabilities due to the receipt of certain COVID-19 federal funds.

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02/12/2025REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4716

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 12, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to prohibiting the
 withholding of state funding for service providers for people with
 developmental disabilities due to the receipt of COVID-19 federal
 funds

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
 2 16.38 to read as follows:
 3 § 16.38 Funding for services of the office for people with developmental
 4 disabilities not affected by the receipt of certain COVID-19
 5 federal funds.
 6 A holder of an operating certificate issued pursuant to this article
 7 or organization whose incorporation or activities require the approval
 8 of the commissioner, or program funded or administered by the office
 9 shall not have any state funding withheld as a result of the receipt of
 10 federal funds that were provided to such operating certificate holder,
 11 organization or program:
 12 (a) as part of any federal paycheck protection program loan forgive-
 13 ness funding;
 14 (b) as a result of federal emergency management agency emergency
 15 protective measures, including but not limited to personal protective
 16 equipment and cleaning services;
 17 (c) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
 18 (CARES) Act of 2020;
 19 (d) as part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, American
 20 Rescue Plan Act of 2021; or
 21 (e) as other extraordinary federal funding provided in response to the
 22 COVID-19 pandemic.
 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 24 have been in full force and effect on and after March 13, 2020.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09520-01-5

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