New York A 601: Establishes the home care jobs innovation program and the home care jobs innovation fund; appropriation

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A00601 Summary:

BILL NOA00601 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORKim

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COSPNSRReyes, Eachus, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §3613-a, Pub Health L; add §99-ss, St Fin L

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Establishes the home care jobs innovation program and the home care jobs innovation fund to identify, develop and support projects throughout the state designed to increase the number of individuals who become home care workers and to increase the employment retention of individuals who are employed as home care workers; provides for the granting of awards to such projects; makes an appropriation therefor.

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BILL NOA00601 

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01/08/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 601

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. KIM, REYES, EACHUS, DeSTEFANO -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
 home care jobs innovation program; to amend the state finance law, in
 relation to establishing the home care jobs innovation fund; making an
 appropriation therefor; and providing for the repeal of such
 provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 3613-a to read as follows:
 3 § 3613-a. Home care jobs innovation program. 1. The department, in
 4 conjunction with the office for the aging, shall establish a home care
 5 jobs innovation program. Such program shall:
 6 (a) identify, develop and support projects throughout the state
 7 designed to increase the number of individuals who become home care
 8 workers;
 9 (b) identify, develop and support projects throughout the state
 10 designed to increase the employment retention of individuals who are
 11 employed as home care workers; and
 12 (c) grant awards pursuant to subdivision two of this section, subject
 13 to appropriation, to the home care jobs innovation fund established
 14 pursuant to section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance law.
 15 2. The department, in conjunction with the office for the aging, shall
 16 grant awards to projects identified or developed pursuant to subdivision
 17 one of this section. Such awards shall be for the state fiscal years two
 18 thousand twenty-five--two thousand twenty-six, two thousand twenty-six-
 19 -two thousand twenty-seven and two thousand twenty-seven--two thousand
 20 twenty-eight, and shall not exceed five million dollars in any state
 21 fiscal year. Awards shall be granted at three tier levels as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00213-03-5

 A. 601 2

 1 Award Level Amount of Award
 2 Tier 1 $100,000 or greater but less
 3 than $300,000
 4 Tier 2 $300,000 or greater but less
 5 than $750,000
 6 Tier 3 $750,000 to $1,000,000
 7 3. Awards granted pursuant to subdivision two of this section shall be
 8 used to fund project costs, including, but not limited to, project eval-
 9 uation, project administration, project implementation, and employee
 10 related costs, including additional employee compensation and bonuses.
 11 Awards shall be granted for both for-profit and not-for-profit projects,
 12 and, to the greatest extent practicable, be granted uniformly throughout
 13 both rural and urban areas of the state to reflect the diversity
 14 reflected by those areas.
 15 4. The department, in conjunction with the office for the aging, is
 16 authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the imple-
 17 mentation of this section.
 18 § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-ss to
 19 read as follows:
 20 § 99-ss. Home care jobs innovation fund. 1. There is hereby estab-
 21 lished in the joint custody of the commissioner of health, the director
 22 of the office for the aging and the comptroller, a special fund to be
 23 known as the "home care job