New York A 10924: Establishes the New York state small business protection program

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A10924 Summary:

BILL NOA10924 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03669-B

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SPONSORHevesi

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COSPNSRSteck, Reyes, Simon

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MLTSPNSR

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Provides targeted inflationary increases for designated programs for the 2026-2027 fiscal year.

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BILL NOA10924 

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04/09/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10924

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 9, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, STECK -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Ways and Means

 AN ACT establishing a targeted inflationary increase for designated
 persons

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

 1 Section 1. 1. Subject to available appropriations and approval of the
 2 director of the budget, the commissioners of the department of health,
 3 office of mental health, office for people with developmental disabili-
 4 ties, office of addiction services and supports, office of temporary and
 5 disability assistance, office of children and family services, and the
 6 directors of the state office for the aging and the office of victim
 7 services (hereinafter "the commissioners") shall establish a state
 8 fiscal year 2026-2027 targeted inflationary increase, effective April 1,
 9 2026, for projecting for the effects of inflation upon rates of
 10 payments, contracts, or any other form of reimbursement for the programs
 11 and services listed in subdivision four of this section. The targeted
 12 inflationary increase established herein shall be applied to the appro-
 13 priate portion of reimbursable costs or contract amounts. Where appro-
 14 priate, transfers to the department of health (DOH) shall be made as
 15 reimbursement for the state and/or local share of medical assistance.
 16 2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, subject to the
 17 approval of the director of the budget and available appropriations
 18 therefor, for the period of April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027, the
 19 commissioners shall provide funding to support a two and seven-tenths
 20 percent (2.7%) targeted inflationary increase under this section for all
 21 eligible programs and services as determined pursuant to subdivision
 22 four of this section.
 23 3. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, and as approved
 24 by the director of the budget, the 2.7 percent targeted inflationary
 25 increase established herein shall be inclusive of all other inflationary
 26 increases, cost of living type increases, inflation factors, or trend
 27 factors that are newly applied effective April 1, 2026. Except for the
 28 2.7 percent targeted inflationary increase established herein, for the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08160-07-6

 A. 10924 2

 1 period commencing on April 1, 2026 and ending March 31, 2027 the commis-
 2 sioners shall not apply any other new targeted inflationary increases or
 3 cost of living adjustments for the purpose of establishing rates of
 4 payments, contracts or any other form of reimbursement. The phrase "all
 5 other inflationary increases, cost of living type increases, inflation
 6 factors, or trend factors" as defined in this subdivision shall not
 7 include payments made pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act or other
 8 federal relief programs related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-
 9 19) pandemic public health emergency. This subdivision shall not prevent
 10 the office of children and family services from applying additional
 11 trend factors or staff retention factors to eligible programs and
 12 services under paragraph (v) of subdivision four of this section.
 13 4. Eligible programs and services. (i) Programs and services funded,
 14 licensed, or certified by the office of mental health (OMH) eligible for
 15 the targeted inflationary increase established herein, pending federal
 16 approval where applicable, include: office of mental health licensed
 17 outpatient programs, pursuant to parts 587 and 599 of title 14 CRR-NY of
 18 the