New York State Senate Joint Public Hearing - 08/21/2025

Joint – Senate Standing Committee on Health

Chair: Senator Gustavo Rivera

and Senate Standing Committee on Investigations & Government Operations

Chair: Senator James Skoufis

Public Hearing: Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP)

Place: 250 Broadway, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10007

Time: 10:00 A.M.

SUBJECT: Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP)

PURPOSE: Examine CDPAP’s transition to a single statewide fiscal intermediary under contract with Public Partnerships LLC (PPL).

The Committees on Health and Investigations & Government Operations will hold a Joint Public Hearing on the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP). This hearing will examine the program’s transition to operate under a single statewide fiscal intermediary, Public Partnerships LLC (PPL), and the challenges experienced by enrollees, workers, and stakeholders. This hearing will provide an opportunity for lawmakers to hear from stakeholders across New York State, including healthcare experts, consumer advocates, fiscal intermediaries, enrollees, and enrollees’ personal care assistants, on the issues they are facing related to this transition. The hearing’s goal is ensuring that the voices of those impacted by this transition are heard. Transparency and accountability will aid in identifying solutions and mitigating adverse outcomes for the thousands across New York State who rely on this program.

Persons wishing to present pertinent testimony to the Health and Investigations & Government Operations Committees at the above hearing should complete and return the enclosed reply form as soon as possible. It is important that the reply form be fully completed and returned so that persons may be notified in the event of emergency postponement or cancellation.

Oral testimony will be limited to five minutes’ duration. Ten copies of any prepared testimony should be submitted at the hearing registration desk. The Health and Investigations and Government Operations Committees would appreciate advance receipt of prepared statements.

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