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NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A9351
 
SPONSOR: Rules

 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act making an appropriation for payment of state
aid to municipalities
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:  This bill would appropriate
$70,000,000 to the Office of Children and Family Services for the
purpose of making reimbursement payment to local social services
districts for child protective services expenditures.
 
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:; This bill contains a single item of
appropriation of $70,000,000 for child protective services reimbursement
to local social services districts.
 
 

JUSTIFICATION:; This legislation is necessary to ensure that local
social services districts are reimbursed for child protective services
expenditures incurred on or after October 1, 2000. These services were
reimbursed outside of the Family and Children's Services Block Grant in
State Fiscal Year 2000-01, and this bill would allow the direct
reimbursement mechanism to continue. This legislation would appropriate
$70,000,000 to the Office of Children and Family Services from the
general fund / aid to localities, local assistance account - 001.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  New bill.
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:  An appropriation
of $70,000,000 would be authorized in the Office of Children and Family
Services upon enactment of this legislation.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:  Effective immediately and retroactive to April 1,
2001.

A09351 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
            S. 5740                                                  A. 9351
 
                               2001-2002 Regular Sessions
 
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
 
                                      July 30, 2001
                                       ___________
 
        IN  SENATE -- Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
        IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 

        AN  ACT  making  an  appropriation  for  payment of state aid to munici-
          palities
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  sum  of seventy million dollars ($70,000,000), or so
     2  much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to  the  office
     3  of  children  and family services from the general fund / aid to locali-
     4  ties, local assistance account - 001, not  otherwise  appropriated,  for
     5  payment  of state aid heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue to muni-
     6  cipalities. Subject to the approval of the director of the  budget,  the
     7  money hereby appropriated shall be available to the office net of disal-
     8  lowances,  refunds,  reimbursements,  and credits.   Notwithstanding any
     9  inconsistent provision of law, in lieu of  payments  authorized  by  the

    10  social  services  law, or payments of federal funds otherwise due to the
    11  local social services districts for programs provided under the  federal
    12  social  security  act or the federal food stamp act, funds herein appro-
    13  priated, in amounts certified by the state  commissioner  or  the  state
    14  commissioner  of health as due from local social services districts each
    15  month as their share of payments made pursuant to section 367-b  of  the
    16  social  services  law  may  be  set aside by the state comptroller in an
    17  interest-bearing account with such interest accruing to  the  credit  of
    18  the  locality  in  order  to  ensure  the  orderly and prompt payment of
    19  providers under section 367-b of the social services law pursuant to  an
    20  estimate  provided  by  the  commissioner of health of each local social
    21  services district's share of payments made pursuant to section 367-b  of

    22  the  social services law.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13628-01-1
        S. 5740                             2                            A. 9351
 
     1  law, the amount appropriated herein shall be available for reimbursement
     2  of 65 percent of social services  districts  child  protective  services
     3  expenditures incurred on or after October 1, 2000, after first deducting
     4  therefrom  any  federal  funds  properly  received  or to be received on
     5  account thereof.
     6    Such moneys shall be payable on the audit and  warrant  of  the  state
     7  comptroller  on vouchers certified or approved in the manner provided by
     8  law.

     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
    10  have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2001.