New York S 8651: Authorizes a residential parking system in the village of South Nyack

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S08651 Summary:

BILL NOS08651 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09623

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSRSCARCELLA-SPANTON, SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 26-C §§760 - 764, Exec L

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Establishes the office of New York state benefits coordination to document and track all benefit programs in the state, and establish a state benefits portal and universal benefits application.

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BILL NOS08651 

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01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8651

 IN SENATE

 January 7, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the
 office of New York state benefits coordination

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 26-C
 2 to read as follows:

 3 ARTICLE 26-C
 4 OFFICE OF NEW YORK STATE BENEFITS COORDINATION

 5 Section 760. Definitions.
 6 761. Office of New York state benefits coordination; director.
 7 762. Powers and duties.
 8 763. State benefits portal.
 9 764. Cooperation and assistance.
 10 § 760. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 11 terms shall have the following meanings:
 12 1. "Director" shall mean the director of the office of New York state
 13 benefits coordination.
 14 2. "Office" shall mean the office of New York state benefits coordi-
 15 nation.
 16 § 761. Office of New York state benefits coordination; director. There
 17 is hereby created an office of New York state benefits coordination in
 18 the executive department. The head of the office shall be the director
 19 of New York state benefits coordination who shall be appointed by, and
 20 hold office at the pleasure of, the governor. The director shall receive
 21 a salary to be fixed by the governor within the amount appropriated
 22 therefor. The director may appoint such deputies, assistants, consult-
 23 ants and other employees as may be needed for the performance of the
 24 duties of the office and the director and may prescribe their powers and
 25 duties and fix their compensation within the amount appropriated there-
 26 for. Such office may have an office seal.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14183-01-5

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 1 § 762. Powers and duties. The office shall have the following powers
 2 and duties:
 3 1. Documenting all existing benefit programs across state government.
 4 2. Maintaining a single portal website identifying all state benefit
 5 programs, with a staffed phone line for non-digital access.
 6 3. Tracking benefit program funding and performance metrics.
 7 4. Tracking pharmaceutical price negotiation and control efforts at
 8 the federal and state level.
 9 5. Maintaining a database of provider resources including usage and
 10 performance data for such providers, where available.
 11 6. Operating a universal benefits application that streamlines appli-
 12 cation processes and forms and is available in accessible formats,
 13 multiple languages, and submittable online. Such application shall be
 14 administered in coordination with all applicable agencies, and shall be
 15 able to be made available at multiple points of entry in the health
 16 care, commercial, nonprofit, and social service systems, as determined
 17 by the director. Such application shall be designed with health literacy
 18 and other culturally competent concerns tested on diverse cohorts of
 19 older adults and individuals with disabilities.
 20 § 763. State benefits portal. The portal website established pursuant
 21 to subdivision two of section seven hundred sixty-two of this article
 22 shall include:
 23 1. Wellness, mental/behavioral health, substance use disorder and
 24 social isolation screening tools, including a wellness screening website
 25 and mobile application that can also be printed for completion by hand.
 26 Such sc