STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 541 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to reimbursement for expenditures made by or on behalf of the county of Onondaga The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 368-a of the social services law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (aa) to read as follows: 3 (aa) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter or any 4 other provision of law to the contrary, reimbursement for expenditures 5 made by or on behalf of the county of Onondaga authorized in relation to 6 the adoption of a comprehensive municipal consolidation plan and a 7 reduction in the county real property tax levy. 8 § 2. a. The department of social welfare shall establish the Govern- 9 ment Modernization and Medicaid Reimbursement Pilot program to reduce 10 the property taxes in the county of Onondaga by connecting the adoption 11 of a comprehensive consolidation plan with a state take-over of the 12 Medicaid costs. 13 b. The department shall establish a five member commission to oversee 14 the process and to determine if the goals of the program are met. Such 15 goals shall include, but not be limited to adopting significant modern- 16 ization steps and cutting the tax levy comparable to the relief brought 17 by state takeover of Medicaid expenses. 18 c. The commission shall include the comptroller or his or her repre- 19 sentative; two state and local government representatives appointed by 20 the executive; one state and local government representative appointed 21 by the senate and one state and local government representative 22 appointed by the assembly. 23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00665-01-9