LeadingAge New York State Budget Review April 2017 | Page 23

Summary
Summary
Summary of NYS Budget by Functional Area

EXECUTIVE BUDGET
FINAL BUDGET
PROGRAM FUNDING
Adult Care Facilities and Assisted Living
• Fund EQUAL at last year’s level of $6.5M.
• Puts enriched housing subsidy into a pool of programs,
which is cut by 20%.
• No increase in the state portion of SSI Level 3 (Senate and
Assembly proposals included increases).
• $1.3M for ACF criminal history record check (CHRC)
program, and $1.3M re-appropriated for past years.
Community-based Services
• Level-funds or slightly increase funding for the
following programs:
■ ■ EISEP at $50.1M.
■ ■ WIN at $27.5M.
■ ■ Community Services for the Elderly at $30.1M.
■ ■ Livable NY Initiative at $122,500.
■ ■ Congregate Services Initiative at $403,000.
■ ■ Investment in Caregiver Support at $25M.
■ ■ Title XX funding of $66M.
Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP)
Wage Parity
No provision.
Health Care Transformation
Creates second round of the Statewide Health Care Facility
Transformation Program initiated in the SFY 2016-17
budget. Program is funded at $500M and financed through a
combination of DASNY bonds and state budget capital funding.
Health Information Technology Infrastructure
• $30M for SHIN-NY to permit sharing of health
information among health care providers.
• $10M for the All Payer Claims Database, a repository of
health care utilization and spending data.
• $10M for DOH information technology initiatives.
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Includes Executive EQUAL funding proposal
Restores the enriched housing subsidy as a discrete line
item, but cuts by 20% to $380,000
No increase in the state portion of SSI Level 3.
Includes Executive proposal for ACF CHRC funding.
Level-funds or otherwise appropriates funding for the
following programs:
■ ■ EISEP at $50.1M.
■ ■ WIN at $27.4M.
■ ■ Community Services for the Elderly at $29.8M. $1.1M
also provided for discrete transportation funding.
■ ■ Livable NY Initiative at $122,500.
■ ■ Congregate Services Initiative at $403,000.
■ ■ $50M over two years for caregiver support.
■ ■ Title XX funding of $66M.
Includes CDPAS workers under provisions of the wage parity
law that currently governs wages for personal care workers
in NYC as well as Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Appropriates $18 million to support this expansion.
Includes Executive proposal.
Includes Executive proposal.
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