Section 31.31 - Improper expenditure of moneys(a) No provider of services licensed pursuant to this article shall make any charitable contribution of state moneys, medical assistance payments or social security or supplemental security income or any interest or other income earned thereon, except as authorized by the commissioner. Provided, however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to receipts or donations from private or non-governmental sources and any interest or other income earned thereon.(b) No loans, other than through the purchase of bonds, debentures, or similar obligations of the type customarily sold in public offerings, or through ordinary deposit of funds in a bank, shall be made by a not-forprofit corporation which is licensed as a provider of services pursuant to this article to its employee who receives an annual salary in excess of thirty thousand dollars, or to any other corporation, firm, association or other entity in which such employee is a director or officer or employee or holds a direct or indirect substantial financial interest, except a loan by one corporation incorporated as a charitable corporation as defined in paragraph (a) of section one hundred two (Definitions) of the not-for-profit corporation law to another charitable corporation, or a loan for a temporary or emergency purpose which will further the health and welfare of the employee so long as the purpose and amount of such loan are disclosed to and approved by the board of directors of such agency. Such disclosure shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation and entered in the minutes of the meeting, and, if approved by such board, such disclosure shall also be forwarded in writing to the commissioner and to the director of community services of each local governmental unit that has, at the time of such disclosure, a contract with such corporation for the rendition of services pursuant to article forty-one of this chapter. A loan made in violation of this section shall be a violation of the duty to the notfor-profit corporation of the directors or officers authorizing it or participating in it, but the obligation of the borrower with respect to the loan shall not be affected thereby.(c)(1) No contract or other transaction between a not-for-profit corporation which is licensed as a provider of services pursuant to this article and one or more of its employees who receive an annual salary in excess of thirty thousand dollars, or between a not-for-profit corporation and any other corporation, firm, association or other entity in which one or more of such persons are directors or officers of the board or corporation, or employee who receives an annual salary in excess of thirty thousand dollars, or have an indirect or direct substantial financial interest, shall be either void or voidable for this reason alone: a. If the material facts as to such person's interest in such contract or transaction and as to any such common directorship, officership or financial interest are disclosed in good faith or known to the board or committee, and the board or committee authorizes such contract or transaction by a vote sufficient for such purpose without counting the vote or votes of such interested person; or b.If the material facts as to such person's interest in such contract or transaction and as to any such common directorship, officership or financial interest are disclosed in good faith or known to the members entitled to vote thereon, if any, and such contract or transaction is authorized by vote of such members.(2) If such good faith disclosure of the material facts as to the person's interest in the contract or transaction and as to any such common directorship, officership or financial interest, is made to the directors or members, or known to the board or committee or members authorizing such contract or transaction, as provided in paragraph one of this subdivision, the contract or transaction may not be voided by the corporation for the reasons set forth in paragraph one of this subdivision. If there was no such disclosure or knowledge the corporation may void the contract or transaction unless the party or parties thereto shall establish affirmatively that the contract or transaction was fair and reasonable as to the corporation at the time it was authorized by the board, a committee or the members.N.Y. Mental Hyg. Law § 31.31
Amended by New York Laws 2015, ch. 358,Sec. 12, eff. 9/25/2015.Amended by New York Laws 2013, ch. 549,Sec. 17, eff. 7/1/2014.