Bill
A 11010
Temporary emergency funding (April 1–22, 2026) to keep state operations, programs, and services running until regular 2026–27 budgets are enacted.
Executive summary:
- Purpose: Provide emergency appropriations to fund state government operations and specified programs for a short-term period from April 1, 2026 through April 22, 2026, until the governor’s annual appropriation bills for the 2026-27 fiscal year are enacted.
Core intent and mechanism:
- The bill amends several prior emergency appropriation laws (chapters 98, 100, and 102 of 2026) to authorize payments and obligations during the gap period before full-year appropriation bills are enacted.
- It ensures Comptroller authority to make necessary payments and liabilities during this interim window, including for state executives, the legislature, judiciary, and various state programs.
Key provisions and changes:
- Section 2 (Executive and Legislative Payroll): Extends availability of funds through April 22, 2026 for personal services for executive branch officers and employees, including governor, lieutenant governor, comptroller, attorney general, and legislative staff. Also covers services by mentally ill or developmentally disabled individuals in state-operated programs. Confirmed amount: 1,228,949,722 (new) vs prior 835,781,000 (redlined changes indicate an increase).
- Section 3 (State Operations Non-Personal Service Liabilities): Funds payments for state operations non-personal service liabilities incurred in the ordinary course for April 1–April 22, 2026, under existing law and certain 2025-2026 authorizations. New appropriation: 44,000,000 (up from 32,000,000).
- Section 4–5 (Miscellaneous, General State Charges):
- Provide $10,000,000 for contracts and grants executed prior to April 1, 2026 and up to April 22, 2026; and $20,000,000 for additional contracts and grants and capital project liabilities incurred April 1–April 22, 2026.
- Section 6–7 (Judiciary and Related Liabilities): Appropriations for judiciary payroll through April 22, 2026 (new total: 186,000,000 for personal services; other judiciary liabilities: 13,000,000 for non-personal service liabilities; 11,000,000 for aid to localities liabilities; 62,250,000 for employee fringe benefits).
- Section 8–9 (Education – Aid to Localities, Health – Medicaid):
- Department of Education: Aid to localities for Pre-K–12 program: 2,283,000,000.
- Department of Health (Medicaid and related programs): A large set of Medicaid and health program appropriations, including general fund and federal funds, with explicit caps and provisions for potential Medicaid savings allocations if expenditures threaten the aggregate limit. These include multiyear or superseding provisions that override prior 2025-27 duplicative appropriations, and allowances for federal approvals or waivers to implement adjustments.
- Section 10–11 (Labor and Mental Hygiene):
- Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Benefit Program: 765,000,000 (new) for federally funded unemployment benefits and disaster-related programs.
- Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and related Mental Hygiene programs: broad authority to support community services, day programs, residential services, family care, and housing-related initiatives, with numerous program-specific appropriations and transfer/interchange flexibility.
- Section 12 (Veterans’ Services): Minor appropriations for Blind Veteran Annuity Assistance and related veteran programs.
- Section 13–14 (Certification and Transfer): Requires a director of the budget certificate before expenditures (except for judiciary and legislature), and provides for transfer of expenditures to enacted appropriation bills once governor’s appropriation bills are enacted; eff. ensures post-enactment alignment of funds.
Who is affected:
- State agencies and departments outlined (Executive, Legislative, Judiciary, Education, Health, Labor, Mental Hygiene, Veterans, and related offices).
- State employees and officers paid on Apr 1–22, 2026.
- Health care providers, municipalities, and localities relying on Medicaid and health-related funding, subject to potential adjustments under the Medicaid savings allocation mechanism.
- Contractors, grantees, and capital project holders engaged in 2025-2026 authorizations.
Timeline and procedural notes:
- Interim window: April 1, 2026 through April 22, 2026.
- Funding only through this emergency act until annual appropriation bills (article VII) are enacted.
- Section 13 requires a director of the budget certificate prior to expenditures, except for legislature and judiciary.
- Section 14 directs automatic transfer of these emergency expenditures into the enacted appropriation framework once the governor signs the regular appropriation bills.
Overall impact:
- Provides a controlled, temporary financing mechanism to avoid disruptions in state operations and essential programs during the transition to the regular budget process for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
- Contains substantial flexibility for interdepartmental transfers, interchanges, and potential Medicaid adjustments to accommodate evolving needs and federal approvals.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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