State Budget Deadline Eclipsed; Timeline Now Moves into April
The Situation Report | March 31, 2025
HCANYS members must use this opportunity to continue full-ahead on home care, hospice, MLTC/PACE advocacy!
With significant impasses still unresolved between the Legislature and Governor on state budget items, there will be no new state budget for the 2025-2026 April 1 – March 31 state fiscal year by tomorrow’s due date; the timeline for the new budget will now advance into April.
Today, a two-day budget extender has been submitted for the Legislature’s and Governor’s approval, which continues the budget through April 3. Current indications are, however, that more than the next two days will be needed to reconcile differences and finalize the new budget.
Among the higher-level areas that have been reported on as dominating the current differences are cell phones in schools “Bell to Bell,” public safety measures, proposed prison closures, involuntary commitment, discovery laws and more.
Senator Webb Introduces HCANYS “State Aid for Home Health Community Need” legislation being Advanced for State Budget – S.6981
On Friday, March 27, Senator Lea Webb (D-52nd Senate District) introduced HCANYS legislation S.6981, as the companion to A.1493 (by Assembly Health Chair Amy Paulin), proposing $70 million in the state budget for the annual “State Aid for Home Health Community Need” program. This legislation, developed by HCANYS and its member agency workgroup meeting throughout the fall, is one of the core priorities that HCANYS has been advocating in the budget process, along with further HCANYS 2025-2026 State Budget Priorities for home care, hospice, MLTC/PACE, and the NHTD Program. Now having the Senate and Assembly with matching language for this program, it further elevates the prospects for advocacy and inclusion in the final bill.
HCANYS urges all members to go to HCANYS’ Legislative Action Center and access this auto email to send an urgently timed request to your local Senator and Assemblymember requesting support for the $70 million in funding, and as distributed through the A.1493/S.6981 State Aid for Home Health Community Need program.
HCANYS and HCANYS members must continue unabated for this and for all of the critical 2025-2026 State Budget Priorities essential to the home and community based sector in this budget.