2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 28 - Hospitals › 2823 - Supportive Housing Development Program.

§ 2823. Supportive housing development program. 1. For the purposes of
this  section  "eligible  applicant"  shall  mean  (a)  a  unit of local
government, or  (b)  a  not-for-profit  corporation  that  has  been  in
existence for a period of at least one year prior to application and has
been engaged in supportive housing programs for vulnerable populations.
2. Grants provided pursuant to this section shall be used only to fund
housing development activities and other general programmatic activities
to  help  ensure  a  stable  system of supportive housing for vulnerable
persons in the community. Reinvestment funds for supportive housing  for
vulnerable  populations, which are general fund savings directly related
to inpatient  hospital  and  nursing  home  bed  decertification  and/or
facility  closure, shall be allocated annually by the commissioner based
upon the following criteria:
(a) the efficiency and effectiveness of the use  of  funding  for  the
development  of  adequate  and  accessible housing to support vulnerable
persons in the community and to ensure access to supports  necessary  to
maximize expected outcomes; and
(b)  other  relevant  factors  relating to the maintenance of existing
supportive housing and the development of  new  supportive  housing  and
associated services.
3.  The  commissioner  shall establish an application process by which
eligible applicants may apply  for  a  grant  under  this  section.  The
application shall include:
(a)  the  geographic  area  in  which  the  housing/services  shall be
provided;
(b) a detailed description of the housing/services to be provided;
(c) a plan for the efficient and effective  use  of  funding  for  the
development  of  adequate  and  accessible housing to support vulnerable
persons in the community;
(d) other relevant factors relating to the  need  for  maintenance  of
existing  supportive  housing  and  the  development  of  new supportive
housing and associated services; and
(e) any other information that the  commissioner  deems  relevant  and
appropriate.
4.  Grantees  under  this section shall file an annual report with the
commissioner, in such form and with such information  and  data  as  the
commissioner  prescribes  detailing  the  expenditure of grant funds. In
addition,  the  commissioner  is  authorized  and  empowered   to   make
inspections  and  examine  records  of  any  entity  funded  pursuant to
subdivision two of this section.  Such  examination  shall  include  all
medical,   service   and  financial  records,  receipts,  disbursements,
contracts, loans and other moneys relating to the financial operation of
the provider.
5. The amount of supportive housing development reinvestment funds for
the  department  shall  be  subject   to   annual   appropriation.   The
methodologies  used  to  calculate the savings shall be developed by the
commissioner and the director of the budget. In no event shall the  full
annual  value  of  supportive  housing development reinvestment programs
attributable to inpatient hospital and nursing home bed  decertification
and/or  facility closure exceed the twelve month value of the department
of health general fund reductions resulting  from  such  decertification
and/or facility closure.
6.    The   annual   supportive   housing   development   reinvestment
appropriation shall reflect a proportion of the amount of  general  fund
savings  resulting  from  subdivision  five  of this section. Within any
fiscal year  where  appropriation  increases  are  recommended  for  the
supportive   housing   development   reinvestment  program,  insofar  as
projected bed decertification and/or facility closures do not  occur  as

estimated, and general fund savings do not result, then the reinvestment
appropriations   may  be  reduced  in  the  next  year's  annual  budget
itemization.
7.  No  provision  in this section shall create or be deemed to create
any right, interest or entitlement to services or funds that are subject
to this  section,  or  to  any  other  services  or  funds,  whether  to
individuals,   localities,   providers   or   others,   individually  or
collectively.
8. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations, and  may  promulgate
emergency regulations, to effectuate the provisions of this section.