BILL NUMBER: S10520
SPONSOR: SERRANO
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act making appropriations for the support of government; to amend
chapter 98 of the laws of 2026, relating to making appropriations for
the support of government, in relation thereto; to amend chapter 100 of
the laws of 2026, relating to making appropriations for the support of
government, in relation thereto; to amend chapter 102 of the laws of
2026, relating to making appropriations for the support of government,
in relation thereto; to amend chapter 104 of the laws of 2026, relating
to making appropriations for the support of government, in relation
thereto; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
thereof
 
PURPOSE:
This bill provides appropriations to various State departments and agen-
cies to permit certain payments due from April 1 to May 20, 2026, to be
made absent enactment of the Budget appropriation bills submitted by the
Governor for the State fiscal year beginning April 1, 2026.  
SUMMARY OF
PROVISIONS:
Section 1 authorizes the Comptroller to utilize the appropriations
contained in this bill, which relate to the 2026-27 State fiscal year,
absent enactment of the 2026-27 Budget.
Section 2 provides $307.9 million in additional appropriation authority
for personal service payments scheduled to be made to State officers and
employees on the payrolls scheduled to be paid between April 1, 2026 to
May 20, 2026. The total appropriation also includes payment for services
performed by mentally ill or developmentally disabled persons who are
employed in State operated special employment, work for pay or sheltered
workshop programs.
Section 3 provides $22 million in additional appropriation authority for
nonpersonal service payments by various State agencies. It is the intent
of this section to provide sufficient authorization for agencies to
enter into contracts, the terms of which may continue beyond the life of
this appropriation and for which payments for liabilities incurred
beyond May 20, 2026 would be made subject to additional future appropri-
ations.
Section 4 provides $15 million in additional appropriation authority for
existing capital projects contract costs approved prior to April 1, 2026
for all agencies.
Section 5 provides $30 million in additional appropriation authority for
new capital projects contract costs approved after April 1, 2026 for all
agencies.
Section 6 provides $34 million in additional appropriation authority for
the Social Security Payroll tax, the Voluntary Defined Contribution
Plan, and Auto Accident Claims. The section continues appropriation
authority for the payment of State employee and retiree fringe benefits
and other fixed costs mandated by statute or collective bargaining
agreements during the period April 1 to May 20, 2026. The appropriation
amount includes the New York State Health Insurance Program, Workers
Compensation payments and benefits, Employee Benefit Funds, Dental
Insurance, Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax, Unemploy-
ment Insurance for former New York State employees, the Vision Care
Plan, and a Payment in Lieu of Taxes to the City of Albany.
Section 7 provides $99.5 million in additional appropriation authority
to the Judiciary through May 20, 2026. This authority supports $352
million for personal service payments for officers and employees of the
Judiciary, $36 million for nonpersonal service, $32 million for Aid to
Localities payments, and $122.3 million for various employee fringe
benefit programs.
Section 8 provides $2.5 million in appropriation authority to the
Department and Agriculture and Markets for services and expenses for the
Agriculture Business Services Program.
Section 9 provides $5.9 billion in additional appropriation authority
for the Education Department, to include $5.9 billion for general
support for public schools for remaining 2025-26 and prior school year
obligations and $4.8 million to support an advance of 2026-27 school
year aid payments for the Yonkers City School District, as authorized by
Chapter 178 of the Laws of 2024. This section continues appropriation
authority for various payments including $7 million to support an
advance of 2026-27 school year aid payments for the South Country
Central School District.
Section 10 provides $1.352 billion in additional appropriation authority
for the Department of Health, to include $2.1 million for Federal Food
and Nutritional Services and $1.35 billion for the Medical Assistance
Administration Program. This section continues appropriation authority
for various payments to include $10.1 million in appropriation authority
for services and expenses related to the American Indian Health Program;
$213 million for payments to health insurance plans for expenses related
to the Children's Health Insurance Program; $1.8 million for Elderly
Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage Program; and $1.15 billion for
services and expenses related to the Essential Plan Program.
Section 11 provides $105 million in additional appropriation authority
for the continuation of unemployment insurance benefits. New appropri-
ation authority is necessary due to daily new liabilities created by
those filing unemployment insurance benefit claims.
Section 12 provides $143.4 million in additional appropriation authority
to the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities to support
not-for-profit providers of essential programs and services.
Section 13 provides $12,000 in additional appropriation authority to
veterans experiencing homelessness and continues $770,000 in authority
for the Blind Veteran Annuity Assistance Program.
Section 14 prohibits expenditures from all appropriations until certif-
icates of approval have been issued by the Director of the Budget and
filed with certain State officers.
Section 15 requires the Comptroller to transfer any expenditures made
against these appropriations to the 2026-27 Budget appropriations after
they have become law.
Section 16, the severability clause, provides that if any part of this
Act be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such judgment would not invalidate the remainder of the Act.
Section 17 provides that the bill takes effect immediately and is deemed
to be in full force and effect on April 1, 2026, and, further, that the
appropriations made in the bill will be deemed repealed upon the trans-
fer of expenditures by the Comptroller pursuant to section 15 of the
bill.
 
STATEMENT IN SUPPORT:
This bill will allow the State to make certain payments and incur
certain liabilities during the period April 1 through May 20, 2026 on a
timely basis, in the absence of an enacted budget for State fiscal year
2026-27.
 
BUDGET IMPLICATIONS:
Expenditures and disbursements made against these appropriations shall,
upon final action by the Legislature on the appropriation bills submit-
ted by the Governor for the support of government for the State fiscal
year beginning April 1, 2026, be transferred by the Comptroller as
expenditures and disbursements to such appropriations for State depart-
ments and agencies. Accordingly, this bill will have no additional
impact on the State's 2026-27 Financial Plan.