[{"type":"bill","id":"S2800E-2011","title":"state operations","summary":"Makes appropriations for the support of government - State Operations Budget.","billno":"S2800E-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S2801A-2011","title":"legislature and judiciary","summary":"Makes appropriations for the support of government - Legislative and Judiciary Budget.","billno":"S2801A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S2802-2011","title":"state debt service","summary":"Makes appropriations for the support of government - State Debt Service Budget.","billno":"S2802-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S2803D-2011","title":"aid to localities","summary":"","billno":"S2803D-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":"FINANCE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S2804C-2011","title":"capital projects","summary":"","billno":"S2804C-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":"FINANCE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S2805-2011","title":"Relates to the transfer of certain monies","summary":"Relates to the transfer of certain monies.","billno":"S2805-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":"FINANCE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S2806-2011","title":"Enacts the deficiency budget for the 2010-2011 state fiscal year","summary":"Enacts the deficiency budget for the 2010-2011 state fiscal year.","billno":"S2806-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":"FINANCE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S2807C-2011","title":"Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the public protection and general government budget for the 2011-2012 state fiscal year","summary":"Extends numerous provisions of law that were set to expire and be repealed, but that were otherwise necessary for the fiscal stability of the state and the health and safety of its citizens; authorizes the governor to close correctional facilities; relates to the public safety communications surcharge; relates to annual reports of costs related to the statewide wireless network; removes the salary provision of state liquor authority commissioners, other than the chairman; relates to self-insurers for workers' compensation purposes; relates to removing the salary provision for civil service commissioners other than the president; provides aid and incentives for municipalities; relates to aid to municipalities in which a video lottery terminal facility is located; creates citizens empowerment tax credits, local government citizens re-organization empowerment grants and the local government performance and efficiency program; streamlines the local government efficiency grant program; clarifies the state's obligation to make payments with respect to certain lands; allows the State University Downstate Medical Center to create a not-for-profit corporation; relates to New York state district attorney and indigent legal services attorney loan forgiveness program eligibility; and relates to the acquisition of the assets of Community-General Hospital of Greater Syracuse of SUNY Upstate Medical University.","billno":"S2807C-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S2808D-2011","title":"Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the education, labor and family assistance budget","summary":"Relates to contracts of excellence, library funding, reimbursement of school districts, apportionment of school aid, building aid, foundation aid base, apportionment of school aid and of current year approved expenditures for debt service, apportionment of transportation aid, academic enhancement aid, high tax aid, Medicaid reimbursement, gap elimination adjustment, small government assistance and maximum class size; relates to the former New York State Theatre Institute; transfers all the rights and property held by the former New York State Theatre Institute to the office of general services and authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer all the property that was part of the former New York State Theatre Institute to the Sage Colleges; relates to capital facilities in support of the state university and community colleges; relates to procurement in support of the state and city universities; relates to state university health care facilities; authorizes the commissioner of the office of children and family services to close certain facilities and makes other decisions necessary for the cost-effective and efficient operation of facilities operated by the office; relates to funding and utilization of juvenile detention and funding for supervision and treatment services; relates to the use of surplus funds from the greater Catskills flood remediation program; relates to directing the office of children and family services to annually provide, to the legislative leaders and social services districts, a detailed report on the total cost and operating capacity of its juvenile facilities; relates to eligibility requirements for student financial aid; relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions of law; provides for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2011-2012 budget; authorizes certain payments and transfers; relates to the school tax relief fund; relates to the issuance of revenue bonds; relates to mental health service facilities financing; relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions of law; relates to environmental infrastructure projects; relates to certificates of participation; relates to housing program bonds and notes; relates to the issuance of bonds by the dormitory authority and the New York state environmental facilities corporation; provides funding for certain community projects, relating to increasing such funding, relating to certain monetary transfers; relates to voting of directors of local government assistance corporation; relates to library construction; relates to community enhancement facilities projects; relates to the amount of bonds issued for community enhancement projects; relates to providing for the administration of certain funds and accounts related to the 2002-2003 budget; relates to bonds or notes; relates to the issuance of bonds by the dormitory authority and the New York state urban development corporation; relates to the aggregate principal amount; relates to financing economic development and regional initiatives and in relation to the issuance of bonds or notes for the purpose of funding project costs for regional economic development council initiatives, communities impacted by the closure of New York state prison and correctional facilities and other states' costs associated with such projects; relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions of law; and relates to governing operators of commercial motor vehicles and federal requirements for medical certification pertaining to such operators.","billno":"S2808D-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S2809D-2011","title":"Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the health and mental hygiene budget for the 2011-2012 state fiscal plan","summary":"Relates to Medicare part D; relates to early intervention services; relates to tobacco control and insurance initiatives pool distributions; relates to clinical laboratories; relates to the distribution of HEAL NY capital grants; extends numerous provisions of law; repeals provisions of law relating to elderly pharmaceutical insurance; relates to rates of payment and medical assistance; relates to the distribution of pool allocations and graduate medical education; relates to health care initiative pool distributions; extends payment provisions for general hospitals; extends access to community health care services in rural areas; continues the priority restoration adjustment; relates to medical and professional malpractice insurance; relates to the liquidation of domestic insurers; relates to rates of payment for personal care service providers, residential health care facilities and diagnostic and treatment centers; relates to payments to residential health care facilities and other reimbursements; authorizes bad debt and charity care allowances for certified home health agencies; relates to capital related inpatient expenses; relates to rates of payment for long term home health care programs; relates to the effectiveness of the child health insurance plan; relates to the suspension of eligibility for medical assistance; foregoes certain adjustments during the 2011-2012 state fiscal year; relates to the closure and the reduction in size of certain facilities serving persons with mental illness; relates to general hospital inpatient reimbursement for annual rates; establishes ceiling limitations for certain rates of payment; repeals certain provisions of the social services law relating to prescription drug payments; initiates a study to determine costs incurred by public school districts for certain medical care, services and supplies; relates to the calculation of capital costs; relates to the HIV special needs plan; relates to the pharmacy and therapeutics committee and the preferred drug program; relates to covered part D drugs, limited coverage for formula therapy, prescription footwear, speech therapy, physical therapy and occupational therapy, payment for home health care nursing services, and coverage for smoking cessation counseling services, the furnishing of medical assistance to applicants with responsible relatives, and mail order prescriptions; relates to the commissioner of health's authority to negotiate agreements resolving multiple pending rate appeals; relates to diagnostic care centers; relates to temporary operator certificates for general hospitals or diagnostic and treatment centers; relates to health home services; relates to managed long term care plans and residential health care facilities; relates to insurance co-payments; provides palliative care support for patients with advanced life limiting conditions and illnesses; relates to the provision of home health care services; establishes a workgroup to develop a plan and draft legislation for the purpose of operating and managing public nursing homes; encourages cooperative, collaborative and integrative arrangements between health care providers, payers, and others; relates to the definition of estate; relates to the New York state medical indemnity fund and the New York state hospital quality initiative; requires compliance with operational standards by hospitals and providers of services in hospitals; creates an accountable care organization demonstration program; limits the reporting of death by the operator of an adult home or residence; requires preclaim review for participating providers of medical assistance program items and services; relates to seeking federal approvals to establish payment methodologies with accountable care organizations; relates to medical assistance for needy persons; relates to the character and adequacy of assistance; relates to residential health care facility supplemental payments, non-capital components of rates, and temporary nursing home stability contributions; authorizes the commissioner of health to enter into contracts for purposes of the Early Innovator federal grant award; and relates to applications for orders of rehabilitation or liquidation.","billno":"S2809D-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S2810C-2011","title":"Enacts major components of legislation necessary to implement the transportation, economic development and environmental conservation budget for 2011-2012","summary":"Authorizes funding for the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) and Marchiselli program for state fiscal year 2011-2012; extends or makes permanent various provisions of law; relates to the excelsior linked deposit act; relates to recovery of state governmental costs; relates to the community services block grant program; relates to the removal of statutory references to the governor's office of regulatory reform; authorizes and directs the New York state energy research and development authority to make a payment to the general fund of up to $913,000; authorizes the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to finance a portion of its research, development and demonstration and policy and planning programs from assessments on gas and electric corporations; authorizes the department of health to finance certain activities with revenues generated from an assessment on cable television companies; relates to pesticide registration time frames and fees; relates to the healthy food/communities initiative; authorizes the establishment of a revolving loan fund; relates to state aid for farmers' markets; relates to disbursements from the tribal-state compact revenue account to certain municipalities; increases the term of licensure and registration from two to four years; relates to saltwater recreational fishing registrations; relates to the use of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel and best available technology by the state; relates to the creation of the recharge New York power program; extends the expiration of the power for jobs program and the energy cost savings benefit programs; requires the New York state urban development corporation to submit a comprehensive financial plan to the director of the budget and establishes accounts and subaccounts within the treasury of such corporation; relates to the new markets tax credits.","billno":"S2810C-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S2811C-2011","title":"Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2011-2012 state fiscal year","summary":"Relates to the dormancy period of miscellaneous unclaimed property, payment of abandoned property, publication of notices of abandoned property, and written reports pertaining to payment of abandoned property; relates to reports by the commissioner regarding abandoned property; relates to payments from the abandoned property fund; relates to extending the disclosure and penalty provisions for transactions that present the potential for tax avoidance; directs the crediting of lottery prizes of more than six hundred dollars against liability for any tax administered by the commissioner of taxation and finance; extends certain provisions relating to extending dates of application of investment tax credit; provides a credit against income tax for persons or entities investing in low-income housing; relates to the excelsior jobs program; conforms laws to the federal Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; extends certain provisions of laws relating to franchise tax; updates the tax classification of diesel motor fuel to be consistent with federal laws and makes the diesel tax structure consistent with this new tax treatment; makes a technical correction to the E85 definition; extends effectiveness related to alternative fuels tax exemptions; relates to the distribution of motor vehicle fees; relates to video lottery free play allowance program; relates to prize payout of certain instant lottery games; relates to prize payout for certain multi-jurisdictional lottery games; relates to multi-jurisdictional video lottery gaming; relates to licenses for simulcast facilities, sums relating to track simulcast, simulcast out-of-state thoroughbred races, simulcasting of races run by out-of-state harness tracks and distributions of wagers; extends related provisions; relates to application fees owed by retail dealers of businesses that sell tobacco products and owners of cigarette vending machines; establishes standards for electronic real property tax administration, allows the department of taxation and finance to use electronic communication means to furnish tax notices and other documents, mandatory electronic filing of tax documents, debit cards issued for tax refunds, and improves sales tax compliance; establishes the economic transformation and facility redevelopment program and providing tax benefits under that program.","billno":"S2811C-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S2812C-2011","title":"Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2011-2012 state fiscal year","summary":"Enacts the financial services act as a new consolidated chapter; repeals certain provisions of the banking, executive and general business law; amends the correction law and the executive law to merge the department of correctional services and division of parole into the department of corrections and community supervision; eliminates the New York state foundation for science, technology and innovation and transfers the functions thereof to the NYS urban development corporation; amends the executive law relating to gubernatorial reorganization of governmental agencies and functions; amends the legislative law relating to formulation of a concurrent resolution.","billno":"S2812C-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S2813-2011","title":"Enacts the executive reorganization act of 2011 relating to the gubernatorial reorganization of governmental agencies and functions","summary":"Enacts the executive reorganization act of 2011 relating to the gubernatorial reorganization of governmental agencies and functions, subject to the disapproval by the legislature.","billno":"S2813-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":"FINANCE"},{"type":"bill","id":"S6250D-2011","title":"state operations","summary":"Makes appropriations for the support of government - State Operations Budget.","billno":"S6250D-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S6251B-2011","title":"legislature and judiciary","summary":"Makes appropriations for the support of government - Legislative and Judiciary Budget.","billno":"S6251B-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S6252-2011","title":"state debt","summary":"Makes appropriations for the support of government - State Debt Service Budget.","billno":"S6252-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S6253E-2011","title":"aid to localities","summary":"Makes appropriations for the support of government - Aid To Localities Budget.","billno":"S6253E-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S6254D-2011","title":"capital projects","summary":"Makes appropriations for the support of government - Capital Projects Budget.","billno":"S6254D-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S6255D-2011","title":"Enacts major components of legislation necessary to implement the public protection and general government budget for fiscal year 2012-2013","summary":"Relates to DNA testing of certain offenders convicted of a crime; relates to the administration of traffic infractions; relates to disaster preparedness; relates to the reimbursement of medicare premium charges for employees and retired employees of the state, public authorities, public benefit corporations or other quasi-public organizations of the state; exempts centralized contracts from audit prior to finalization; relates to the ability to designate an agency contract as a statewide contract and to the expansion of state contract rights for local governments and non-profit organizations; alters the definition of best value for procurement; expands contract use rights for local governments; relates to the procurement opportunities newsletter; relates to the procurement of department printing and purchases by charitable organizations; renames the office for technology the office of information technology services; relates to paying the metropolitan  transportation authority the costs associated with reimbursements for E-ZPass tolls paid by the residents of Broad Channel and the Rockaway Peninsula for travel over the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge; relates to the collection of assessments for annual expenses; authorizes the transfer of certain facility parole officers to open positions as the parole officer or senior parole officer title; expands the scope of the annual report by the department of corrections to the legislature concerning the staffing and facilities of state correctional facilities; relates to the education reform program; relates to support for the  public defense backup center and additional state aid tied to the salary of the district attorney of each county and the calculation thereof; and relates to the public safety communications surcharge.","billno":"S6255D-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"BUDGET","committee":""}]