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Legislative Bulletin: Governor Hochul Presents SFY 2022-23 Executive Budget Proposal

January 21, 2022

Governor Hochul Presents SFY 2022-23 Executive Budget Proposal

On Tuesday morning, Governor Hochul presented her State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2022-23 Executive Budget Proposal: A New Era for New York. Executive Budget bills were printed later that evening and since then, LeadingAge NY has been hard at work analyzing the totality of the Executive Budget Proposal legislation and its potential impact on long-term care (LTC), senior housing, and aging services.

As LeadingAge NY reported in an initial Executive Budget analysis for membership, the proposed Executive Budget would raise the global cap on Medicaid expenditures by applying a new metric, restore the 1.5 percent across-the-board Medicaid cut enacted in SFY 2021, and increase Medicaid reimbursement for all providers by 1 percent. In addition, it proposes a $10 billion multi-year investment in healthcare workforce, additional funding for nursing homes to adhere to minimum staffing requirements, and a new $1.6 billion investment in healthcare capital transformation.

LeadingAge NY will be issuing a comprehensive SFY 2022-23 Executive Budget memo, covering all member service lines on Tuesday, Jan. 25th. Then, we will begin preparing budget advocacy materials including issue briefs for meetings with state lawmakers, digital letter writing campaigns, and more.

This is when the real budget advocacy work begins. Thank you in advance for advocating with us to ensure that the final state budget includes proper funding and investment in LTC and aging services!

 

Register NOW for 2022 Advocacy Days – Just Three Weeks Away!

Due to the ongoing pandemic and the unprecedented challenges our membership is contending with, this year’s LeadingAge New York Advocacy Days will once again be virtual, focused on virtual Zoom meetings, phone calls and letter writing. Please CLICK HERE to register for our 2022 Advocacy Days scheduled for Feb. 9th, 10th, and 11th. Signing up for advocacy days will allow LeadingAge NY to track our advocacy impact and will ensure that you receive all relevant updates, correspondence, and assistance. All information related to our 2022 Advocacy Days, including virtual advocacy day tips, Zoom web graphics, and information for our Budget and Advocacy Day Prep Call on Feb. 3rd is available on our 2022 Virtual Advocacy Day website.

Virtual advocacy poses many unique benefits, including a reduced time commitment in order to participate in meetings and the potential inclusion of residents, staff, or board members in meetings. Member participation in virtual advocacy days may only take a few hours of your time but will be the most impactful tool in drawing the Legislature’s attention to our 2022 budget priorities.

To ensure we connect with as many lawmakers as possible during this critical time of the state budget process, members are strongly encouraged to begin setting up their own virtual meetings with State Senators and Assembly Members as soon as possible. If you do not have the time or would prefer assistance in setting up your meetings, please simply indicate that preference on the registration form above – we will be happy to help facilitate your meetings!

Please also note that during advocacy days, LeadingAge NY policy staff will be available to join you for any of the meetings that you schedule. If you would like to ensure a policy team member is assigned to your meeting, please indicate this preference on your registration form.

If you plan to schedule and coordinate all of your own meetings and do not require any assistance from LeadingAge NY, please still take a moment to fill out our registration form. This is critical in allowing LeadingAge NY to track our advocacy impact. Once your meetings are scheduled, please send meeting details (date, time, legislator) to Sarah Daly at sdaly@leadingageny.org. Furthermore, if you have questions, would like to use a LeadingAge NY Zoom account for your meetings, or would like to discuss any advocacy strategy, please do not hesitate to reach out to Sarah directly.

 

Joint Legislative Budget Hearings Scheduled

Following the Governor’s budget presentation on Tuesday, Senate Finance Committee Chair Liz Krueger and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chair Helene Weinstein announced the schedule for the Joint Legislative Budget Hearings for SFY 2022-23. These hearings provide an opportunity for the Legislature to hear from state agency heads and the public about the impacts of the Executive Budget Proposal. In the interest of public health and safety, this year’s hearings will once again be held virtually using web-based video conferencing.

LeadingAge New York plans to testify virtually at the Health & Medicaid Budget Hearing scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 8th. We also intend to provide written testimony for the Housing Budget Hearing on Jan. 31st and may weigh in on the hearings related to workforce development and human services. The full schedule for this year’s Joint Legislative Budget Hearings is available here.

 

Assembly Health Committee Agenda Includes LTC Chapter Amendments

As always, LeadingAge NY is closely monitoring the movement of all legislation that stands to impact long-term care and aging services, including chapter amendments to legislation that was passed during the 2021 Legislative Session. In late December, the Governor signed a batch of bills impacting long-term care providers and the state’s LTC Ombudsman Program.  As we reported at the time of the legislation’s signing, the approvals of many of the bills were accompanied by chapter amendments agreed upon by the Governor and the Legislature.

Now, most of those chapter amendments have been introduced and some were passed this week by the State Senate. Below, please find a list of chapter amendment legislation that is slated to be on the Assembly Health Committee Agenda on Tuesday, Jan. 25th:

 

Mark Your Calendars: Budget and Advocacy Day Prep Call

As we strongly encourage all of our members to begin setting up virtual meetings with lawmakers to discuss our top SFY 2022-23 budget priorities, we also want to ensure that you have all of the tools, knowledge, and resources you need to have successful meetings. With that in mind, we have scheduled our Budget and Advocacy Day Prep Call for Thursday, Feb. 3rd at 2 PM.

During this member-focused prep call, LeadingAge NY policy staff will review the Executive Budget Proposal, its potential impact on members, and all related budget advocacy materials and issue briefs. We also will discuss and answer any questions pertaining to our 2022 Virtual Advocacy Days and how we hope members will get involved.

We hope that you’ll join us for both our Budget and Advocacy Day Prep call, as well as our 2022 Advocacy Days! Please take a moment to add the below member call information to your calendars:

2022 Budget and Advocacy Day Prep Call

When: Feb 3, 2022 at 2:00 PM EST

Join by webinar link: https://leadingageny.zoom.us/j/96632753135?pwd=OXVOMFh6NE5XQUJmSnhvVW54ZUZoUT09

Passcode: 211657

Or dial by telephone: 888 475 4499 (Toll Free)

Webinar ID: 966 3275 3135

All the latest information about our prep call and 2022 Advocacy Days is also available on our Advocacy webpage.

 

Priority Long-Term Care Legislation Active for 2022 Session

The 2022 Legislative Session kicked off on Jan. 5th and is scheduled to conclude on June 2nd. LeadingAge NY is prepared for another session that is sure to be a busy one for long-term care related issues and we want to be sure that our members are aware of the many pieces of legislation that we are tracking and consider to be a priority. While the first half of session (Jan-March) will largely be focused on budget work, there is a whole slew of legislation that stands to move and be passed by both houses over the course of the next 5 months.

We encourage members to take a look at our list of priority bills active for 2022 session, a document which reviews the legislation we’ve been tracking, our position, and where bills landed at the end of the 2021 session. In addition to this list, we anticipate that many new bills will be introduced over the course of this year. We will be sure to keep members apprised of all priority bill movement, and what you can do to advocate for or against legislation that will impact your organization and the individuals in your care.

 

LeadingAge & LeadingAge New York Coronavirus Resources

LeadingAge NY continues to closely follow all COVID-19 news and we are doing our best to keep members informed of updates, recommendations and guidelines from the Department of Health (DOH).

LeadingAge NY and LeadingAge National Member resources are linked below.

LeadingAge NY Coronavirus Resources

LeadingAge NY COVID-19 Weekly Update calls – Mondays at 11 a.m. Click here to join the call from your computer, android or apple device. Or you can join the call by dialing in: 877 853 5257 (Toll Free); Webinar ID: 852 964 255.

LeadingAge National Coronavirus Resources Page

COVID-19 Group in the MyLeadingAge Member Community

LeadingAge National Coronavirus Policy Updates – Mondays and Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. Past call recordings are available here and you can register here for future calls.

Contact: Sarah Daly; 518.867.8845; sdaly@leadingageny.org

 

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