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                                   1857
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KIM,  REYES -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  establishing  the
   home  care jobs innovation program; to amend the state finance law, in
   relation to establishing the home care jobs innovation fund; making an
   appropriation  therefor;  and  providing  for  the  repeal   of   such
   provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 3613-a to read as follows:
   §  3613-A.  HOME  CARE JOBS INNOVATION PROGRAM.  1. THE DEPARTMENT, IN
 CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING, SHALL ESTABLISH A  HOME  CARE
 JOBS INNOVATION PROGRAM. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL:
   (A)  IDENTIFY,  DEVELOP  AND  SUPPORT  PROJECTS  THROUGHOUT  THE STATE
 DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF  INDIVIDUALS  WHO  BECOME  HOME  CARE
 WORKERS;
   (B)  IDENTIFY,  DEVELOP  AND  SUPPORT  PROJECTS  THROUGHOUT  THE STATE
 DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE EMPLOYMENT RETENTION  OF  INDIVIDUALS  WHO  ARE
 EMPLOYED AS HOME CARE WORKERS; AND
   (C)  GRANT AWARDS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, SUBJECT
 TO APPROPRIATION, TO THE HOME  CARE  JOBS  INNOVATION  FUND  ESTABLISHED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-QQ OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING, SHALL
 GRANT AWARDS TO PROJECTS IDENTIFIED OR DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF THIS SECTION. SUCH AWARDS SHALL BE FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEARS TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 FOUR--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE AND TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE--TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-SIX, AND SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN ANY STATE
 FISCAL YEAR. AWARDS SHALL BE GRANTED AT THREE TIER LEVELS AS FOLLOWS:
      AWARD LEVEL                        AMOUNT OF AWARD
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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      TIER 1                             $100,000 OR GREATER BUT LESS
                                         THAN $300,000
      TIER 2                             $300,000 OR GREATER BUT LESS
                                         THAN $750,000
      TIER 3                             $750,000 TO $1,000,000
   3. AWARDS GRANTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 USED TO FUND PROJECT COSTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROJECT EVAL-
 UATION,  PROJECT  ADMINISTRATION,  PROJECT  IMPLEMENTATION, AND EMPLOYEE
 RELATED COSTS, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION  AND  BONUSES.
 AWARDS SHALL BE GRANTED FOR BOTH FOR-PROFIT AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT PROJECTS,
 AND, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PRACTICABLE, BE GRANTED UNIFORMLY THROUGHOUT
 BOTH  RURAL  AND  URBAN  AREAS  OF  THE  STATE  TO REFLECT THE DIVERSITY
 REFLECTED BY THOSE AREAS.
   4. THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE FOR  THE  AGING,  IS
 AUTHORIZED  TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLE-
 MENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-qq to
 read as follows:
   § 99-QQ. HOME CARE JOBS INNOVATION FUND.   1. THERE IS  HEREBY  ESTAB-
 LISHED  IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, THE DIRECTOR
 OF THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING AND THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL  FUND  TO  BE
 KNOWN AS THE "HOME CARE JOBS INNOVATION FUND".
   2.  SUCH  FUND  SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED, OR
 TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER  FUND  OR  SOURCE  PURSUANT  TO  LAW.
 NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING
 GRANTS,  GIFTS,  OR BEQUESTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FUND, AS DEFINED IN
 THIS SECTION, AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   3. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE  EXPENDED  ONLY  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF
 GRANTING AWARDS PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED THIRTEEN-A OF THE
 PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   4. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE PAYABLE ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF THE
 COMPTROLLER  ON  VOUCHERS  APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
 HEALTH AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING.
   5. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, IN  CONJUNC-
 TION  WITH  THE  DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING, SHALL ENSURE THAT
 ALL MONIES RECEIVED DURING A FISCAL YEAR ARE EXPENDED PRIOR TO  THE  END
 OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
   §  3. The sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000), or so much thereof
 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from any moneys in the state
 treasury in the general fund to the credit of the state purposes account
 not otherwise appropriated to the home care jobs innovation fund for the
 purposes of granting awards by the home care jobs innovation program  in
 carrying  out  the  provisions of this act. Such sum shall be payable on
 the audit and warrant of the state comptroller on vouchers certified  or
 approved in the manner provided by law.
   §  4.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed April 1, 2026.