S 10421 NY
Relates to state aid provided to volunteer agencies for the provision of certain addiction services
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Summary
This bill requires the Office of Addiction Services and Supports to disburse the full amount of state aid granted to volunteer agencies within sixty days of approval. Volunteer agencies receiving such state aid must utilize the entire amount within two years of receipt for authorized purposes including substance use disorder treatment, compulsive gambling prevention, and other approved services. The bill applies to aid granted directly by the office or through contracts with local government units.
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Provides that any volunteer agency who is granted state aid by the office of addiction services and supports or pursuant to a contract with a local governmental unit shall receive the full amount of such state aid within sixty days from approval; provides that volunteer agencies shall have two years to spend such aid.
Sponsor (1)
- Siela Bynoe Democratic · primary
Action history (1)
- May 15, 2026 REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS · upper
Text versions (2)
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  SPONSOR BYNOE   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §25.11, Ment Hyg L   Provides that any volunteer agency who is granted state aid by the office of addiction services and supports or pursuant to a contract with a local governmental unit shall receive the full amount of such state aid within sixty days from approval; provides that volunteer agencies shall have two years to spend such aid.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10421
IN SENATE
May 15, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. BYNOE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to state aid provided to volunteer agencies for the provision of certain addiction services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 25.11 of the mental hygiene law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows: 3 (c) Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a 4 volunteer agency who is granted state aid by the office or pursuant to a 5 contract with a local governmental unit shall receive the full amount of 6 such state aid within sixty days from the time such state aid is 7 approved. Once a volunteer agency has received such state aid, such 8 volunteer agency shall utilize the full amount of such aid within two 9 years of receipt for purposes of providing substance use disorder, 10 treatment, compulsive gambling, prevention or other authorized services 11 and consistent with the provisions of this article. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11466-01-5
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