N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 25.03: Financial support and disbursement of funds

§ 25.03 Financial support and disbursement of funds.

(a) In accordance with the provisions of this article, and within

appropriations made available, the office may provide state aid to a

program operated by a local governmental unit or voluntary agency up to

one hundred per centum of the approved net operating costs of such

program operated by a local governmental unit or voluntary agency, and

state aid may also be granted to a program operated by a local

governmental unit or a voluntary agency for capital costs associated

with the provision of services at a rate of up to one hundred percent of

approved capital costs. Such state aid shall not be granted unless and

until such program operated by a local governmental unit or voluntary

agency is in compliance with all regulations promulgated by the

commissioner regarding the financing of capital projects. Such state aid

for approved net operating costs shall be made available by way of

advance or reimbursement, through either contracts entered into between

the office and such voluntary agency or by distribution of such state

aid to local governmental units through a grant process pursuant to

section 25.11 of this article.

(b) Financial support by the office shall be subject to the approval

of the director of the budget and within available appropriations.

(c) All federal financial assistance granted or allocated to the

office by the United States shall only be paid out on the audit and

warrant of the comptroller on the certificate of the commissioner or his

authorized representative.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the state to

increase such state aid should a local governmental unit choose to

remove any portion of its local tax levy support of voluntary agencies,

although the state may choose to do so to address an urgent public need,

or conversely, may choose to reduce its state aid up to the same

percentage as the reduction in local tax levy.