Fund Aid to Local Governments

Section 1. a) The several amounts specified in this chapter for aid to localities, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated by the appropriations, are hereby appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the respective public officers and for the several purposes specified.

b) Where applicable, appropriations made by this chapter for expenditures from federal grants for aid to localities may be allocated for spending from federal grants for any grant period beginning, during, or

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

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prior to, the state fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2018 except as otherwise noted.

c) The several amounts named herein, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, being the undisbursed and/or unexpended balances of the prior year's appropriations, are hereby reappropriated from the same funds and made available for the same purposes as the prior year's appropriations, unless herein amended, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2018. Certain reappropriations in this chapter are shown using abbreviated text, with three leader dots (an ellipsis) followed by three spaces (... ) used to indicate where existing law that is being continued is not shown. However, unless a change is clearly indicated by the use of brackets [ ] for deletions and underscores for additions, the purposes, amounts, funding source and all other aspects pertinent to each item of appropriation shall be as last appropriated.

For the purpose of complying with the state finance law, the year, chapter and section of the last act reappropriating a former original appropriation or any part thereof is, unless otherwise indicated, chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2017 and, for the education department, chapter 50, section 2, of the laws of 2017.

d) No moneys appropriated by this chapter shall be available for payment until a certificate of approval has been issued by the director of the budget, who shall file such certificate with the department of audit and control, the chairperson of the senate finance committee and the chairperson of the assembly ways and means committee.

e) The appropriations contained in this chapter shall be available for the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2018 except as otherwise noted.

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For payment according to the following schedule:

APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS

General Fund ....................... 129,665,500 94,341,500

Special Revenue Funds - Federal .... 114,985,000 150,753,933

Special Revenue Funds - Other ...... 980,000 0

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All funds ........................ 245,630,500 245,095,433

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SCHEDULE

COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM ................................. 245,630,500

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General Fund

Local Assistance Account - 10000

For services and expenses, including the

payment of liabilities incurred prior to

April 1, 2018, related to the community

services for the elderly grant program.

Notwithstanding subparagraph (1) of para-

graph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 214

of the elder law and any other provision

of law to the contrary, up to $3,500,000

of the funds appropriated herein may, at

the discretion of the director of the

budget, be used by the state to reimburse

counties for more than the 75 percent of

the total annual expenditures of approved

community services for the elderly

programs. No expenditures shall be made

from this appropriation until the director

of the budget has approved a plan submit-

ted by the office outlining the amounts

and purposes of such expenditures and the

allocation of funds among the counties.

Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule

or regulation to the contrary, subject to

the approval of the director of the budg-

et, funds appropriated herein for the

community services for the elderly program

(CSE) and the expanded in-home services

for the elderly program (EISEP) may be

used in accordance with a waiver or

reduction in county maintenance of effort

requirements established pursuant to

section 214 of the elder law, except for

base year expenditures. To the extent that

funds hereby appropriated are sufficient

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to exceed the per capita limit established

in section 214 of the elder law, the

excess funds shall be available to supple-

ment the existing per capita level in a

uniform manner consistent with statutory

allocations. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision

of law, including section 1 of part C of

chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, as amended

by section 1 of part I of chapter 60 of

the laws of 2014, for the period commenc-

ing on April 1, 2018 and ending March 31,

2019 the director shall not apply any cost

of living adjustment for the purpose of

establishing rates of payments, contracts

or any other form of reimbursement (10318) .. 28,933,000 For planning and implementation, including

the payment of liabilities incurred prior

to April 1, 2018, of a program of expanded

in-home, case management and ancillary

community services for the elderly

(EISEP). No expenditures shall be made

from this appropriation until the director

of the budget has approved a plan submit-

ted by the office outlining the amounts

and purposes of such expenditures and the

allocation of funds among the counties,

including the city of New York. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision

of law, including section 1 of part C of

chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, as amended

by section 1 of part I of chapter 60 of

the laws of 2014, for the period commenc-

ing on April 1, 2018 and ending March 31,

2019 the director shall not apply any cost

of living adjustment for the purpose of

establishing rates of payments, contracts

or any other form of reimbursement (10319) .. 50,120,000 For services and expenses of grants to area

agencies on aging for the establishment

and operation of caregiver resource

centers (10321) ................................ 353,000 For services and expenses, including the

payment of liabilities incurred prior to

April 1, 2018, associated with the well-

ness in nutrition (WIN) program, formerly

known as the supplemental nutrition

assistance program (SNAP), including a

suballocation to the department of agri-

culture and markets to be transferred to

state operations for administrative costs

of the farmers market nutrition program.

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Up to $200,000 of this appropriation may

be made available to the Council of Senior

Centers and Services of New York City to

provide outreach within the older adult

SNAP initiative. No expenditure shall be

made from this appropriation until the

director of the budget has approved a plan

submitted by the office outlining the

amounts and purpose of such expenditures

and the allocation of funds among the

counties. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision

of law, including section 1 of part C of

chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, as amended

by section 1 of part I of chapter 60 of

the laws of 2014, for the period commenc-

ing on April 1, 2018 and ending March 31,

2019 the director shall not apply any cost

of living adjustment for the purpose of

establishing rates of payments, contracts

or any other form of reimbursement (10322) .. 27,483,000 Local grants for services and expenses of

the long-term care ombudsman program

(10323) ...................................... 1,190,000 For state aid grants to providers of respite

services to the elderly. Funding priority

shall be given to the renewal of existing

contracts with the state office for the

aging. No expenditures shall be made from

this appropriation until the director of

the budget has approved a plan submitted

by the office outlining the amounts to be

distributed by provider (10328) ................ 656,000 For state aid grants to providers of social

model adult day services. Funding priority

shall be given to the renewal of existing

contracts with the state office for the

aging. No expenditures shall be made from

this appropriation until the director of

the budget has approved a plan submitted

by the office outlining the amounts to be

distributed by provider (10329) .............. 1,072,000 For state aid grants to naturally occurring

retirement communities (NORC). Funding

priority shall be given to the renewal of

existing contracts with the state office

for the aging. No expenditures shall be

made from this appropriation until the

director of the budget has approved a plan

submitted by the office outlining the

amounts to be distributed by provider

(10330) ...................................... 2,027,500

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For state aid grants to neighborhood

naturally occurring retirement communities

(NNORC). Funding priority shall be given

to the renewal of existing contracts with

the state office for the aging. No expend-

itures shall be made from this appropri-

ation until the director of the budget has

approved a plan submitted by the office

outlining the amounts to be distributed by

provider any activities or provide any

services (10331) ............................. 2,027,500 For grants in aid to the 59 designated area

agencies on aging for transportation oper-

ating expenses related to serving the

elderly. Funds shall be allocated from

this appropriation pursuant to a plan

prepared by the director of the state

office for the aging and approved by the

director of the budget (10885) ............... 1,121,000 For grants to the area agencies on aging for

the health insurance information, coun-

seling and assistance program (10335) ........ 1,000,000 For state matching funds for services and

expenses to match federally funded model

projects and/or demonstration grant

programs, a portion of which may be trans-

ferred to state operations or to other

entities as necessary to meet federal

grant objectives (10336) ....................... 175,000 For the managed care consumer assistance

program for the purpose of providing

education, outreach, one-on-one coun-

seling, monitoring of the implementation

of medicare part D, and assistance with

drug appeals and fair hearings related to

medicare part D coverage for persons who

are eligible for medical assistance and

who are also beneficiaries under part D of

title XVIII of the federal social security

act and for participants of the elderly

pharmaceutical insurance coverage program

(EPIC) in accordance with the following: Medicare Rights Center (10340) ................... 793,000 New York StateWide Senior Action Council,

Inc. (10341) ................................... 354,000 New York Legal Assistance Group (10342) .......... 222,000 Legal Aid Society of New York (10343) ............ 111,000 Empire Justice Center (10345) .................... 155,000 Community Service Society (10346) ................ 132,000 For services and expenses of the retired and

senior volunteer program (RSVP) (10324) ........ 216,500

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For services and expenses of the EAC/Nassau

senior respite program (10325) ................. 118,500 For services and expenses of the home aides

of central New York, Inc. senior respite

program (10326) ................................. 71,000 For services and expenses of the New York

foundation for senior citizens home shar-

ing and respite care program (10327) ............ 86,000 For services and expenses of the foster

grandparents program (10332) .................... 98,000 For services and expenses related to an

elderly abuse education and outreach

program in accordance with section 219 of

the elder law funding priority shall be

given to the renewal of existing contracts

with the state office for the aging

(10333) ........................................ 745,000 For services and expenses related to the

livable New York initiative to create

neighborhoods that consider the evolving

needs and preferences of all their resi-

dents (10866) .................................. 122,500 For services and expenses of the New York

state adult day services association, inc.

related to providing training and techni-

cal assistance to social adult day

services programs in New York state

regarding the quality of services (10867) ...... 122,500 For services and expenses related to the

congregate services initiative. No expend-

itures shall be made from this appropri-

ation until the director of the budget has

approved a plan submitted by the office

outlining the amounts and purposes of such

expenditures and the allocation of funds

among the counties (10320) ..................... 403,000 For services and expenses of New York State-

wide Senior Action Council, Inc. for the

patients' rights hotline and advocacy

project (10334) ................................. 31,500 For services and expenses of the Association

on Aging in New York State to provide

training, education and technical assist-

ance to the area agencies on aging and

aging network service contractor staff for

professional development (10810) ............... 250,000 For services and expenses for Lifespan of

Greater Rochester, Inc. for sustainability

and expansion of Enhanced Multi-Discipli-

nary Teams as implemented under the feder-

al Elder Abuse Preventions Interventions

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Initiative and related data collection and

reporting (10833) .............................. 500,000 For services and expenses of Blue Card, Inc ....... 75,000 Notwithstanding subparagraph (1) of para-

graph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 214

of the elder law or any other provision of

law for additional services and expenses

related to the community services for the

elderly grant program ........................ 1,500,000 For services and expenses of Jewish Associ-

ation for Services for the Aged for the

Bay Eden Senior Center .......................... 20,000 For services and expenses of Jewish Family