Bill Text: NY A09431 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Phases out certain reimbursements for expenditures made by or on behalf of social services districts for medical assistance for needy persons, beginning with a 10% reduction for 2024, and ending with a 100% reduction for 2033, and remaining eliminated for each year thereafter.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-14 - referred to health [A09431 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09431-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9431

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 14, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BENDETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health

        AN ACT to amend section 1 of part C of chapter 58 of the  laws  of  2005
          relating  to authorizing reimbursements for expenditures made by or on
          behalf of social services districts for medical assistance  for  needy
          persons  and  the  administration  thereof, in relation to phasing out
          such reimbursements

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 1 of part C of chapter 58 of the
     2  laws  of  2005  relating  to authorizing reimbursements for expenditures
     3  made by or on behalf of social services districts for medical assistance
     4  for needy persons and the administration thereof, is amended and  twelve
     5  new subdivisions (c-2), (c-3), (c-4), (c-5), (c-6), (c-7), (c-8), (c-9),
     6  (c-10), (c-11), (c-12) and (c-13) are added to read as follows:
     7    (c)  Commencing  with  the  calendar  year  beginning January 1, 2006,
     8  calendar year social services district  medical  assistance  expenditure
     9  amounts  for each social services district shall be calculated by multi-
    10  plying the results of the calculations performed pursuant  to  paragraph
    11  (b) of this section by a non-compounded trend factor, as follows:
    12    (i) 2006 (January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006):  3.5%;
    13    (ii)  2007  (January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007):  6.75% (3.25%
    14  plus the prior year's 3.5%);
    15    (iii) 2008 (January 1, 2008 through December 31,  2008):    9.75%  (3%
    16  plus the prior year's 6.75%);
    17    (iv)  2009  (January  1,  2009  through  December  31, 2009), and each
    18  succeeding calendar year through December 31, 2024:  prior year's  trend
    19  factor percentage plus 3%.
    20    (c-2)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of section 368-a of the social
    21  services law, or any other provision of law, commencing with the  period
    22  January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, calendar year social services
    23  district medical assistance expenditure amounts for each social services
    24  district  shall  be  reduced  by 10% from the 2023 expenditures. No less
    25  than 100% of the annual savings from this medical assistance expenditure

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14391-01-4

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     1  reduction, compared to the prior year  medical  assistance  expenditure,
     2  shall be used for property tax levy reductions, or property tax rebates,
     3  effective in the local government's 2025 fiscal year. This section shall
     4  apply  only  to the local governments as defined by, and subject to, the
     5  provisions of section 3-c of  the  general  municipal  law  and  section
     6  2023-a of the education law.
     7    (c-3)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of section 368-a of the social
     8  services law, or any other provision of law, commencing with the  period
     9  January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, calendar year social services
    10  district medical assistance expenditure amounts for each social services
    11  district  shall  be  reduced  by 20% from the 2023 expenditures. No less
    12  than 100% of the annual savings from this medical assistance expenditure
    13  reduction, compared to the prior year  medical  assistance  expenditure,
    14  shall be used for property tax levy reductions, or property tax rebates,
    15  effective in the local government's 2026 fiscal year. This section shall
    16  apply  only  to the local governments as defined by, and subject to, the
    17  provisions of section 3-c of  the  general  municipal  law  and  section
    18  2023-a of the education law.
    19    (c-4)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of section 368-a of the social
    20  services law, or any other provision of law, commencing with the  period
    21  January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026, calendar year social services
    22  district medical assistance expenditure amounts for each social services
    23  district  shall  be  reduced  by 30% from the 2023 expenditures. No less
    24  than 100% of the annual savings from this medical assistance expenditure
    25  reduction, compared to the prior year  medical  assistance  expenditure,
    26  shall be used for property tax levy reductions, or property tax rebates,
    27  effective in the local government's 2027 fiscal year. This section shall
    28  apply  only  to the local governments as defined by, and subject to, the
    29  provisions of section 3-c of  the  general  municipal  law  and  section
    30  2023-a of the education law.
    31    (c-5)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of section 368-a of the social
    32  services law, or any other provision of law, commencing with the  period
    33  January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2027, calendar year social services
    34  district medical assistance expenditure amounts for each social services
    35  district  shall  be  reduced  by 40% from the 2023 expenditures. No less
    36  than 100% of the annual savings from this medical assistance expenditure
    37  reduction, compared to the prior year  medical  assistance  expenditure,
    38  shall be used for property tax levy reductions, or property tax rebates,
    39  effective in the local government's 2028 fiscal year. This section shall
    40  apply  only  to the local governments as defined by, and subject to, the
    41  provisions of section 3-c of  the  general  municipal  law  and  section
    42  2023-a of the education law.
    43    (c-6)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of section 368-a of the social
    44  services law, or any other provision of law, commencing with the  period
    45  January 1, 2028 through December 31, 2028, calendar year social services
    46  district medical assistance expenditure amounts for each social services
    47  district  shall  be  reduced  by 50% from the 2023 expenditures. No less
    48  than 100% of the annual savings from this medical assistance expenditure
    49  reduction, compared to the prior year  medical  assistance  expenditure,
    50  shall be used for property tax levy reductions, or property tax rebates,
    51  effective in the local government's 2029 fiscal year. This section shall
    52  apply  only  to the local governments as defined by, and subject to, the
    53  provisions of section 3-c of  the  general  municipal  law  and  section
    54  2023-a of the education law.
    55    (c-7)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of section 368-a of the social
    56  services law, or any other provision of law, commencing with the  period

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     1  January 1, 2029 through December 31, 2029, calendar year social services
     2  district medical assistance expenditure amounts for each social services
     3  district  shall  be  reduced  by 60% from the 2023 expenditures. No less
     4  than 100% of the annual savings from this medical assistance expenditure
     5  reduction,  compared  to  the prior year medical assistance expenditure,
     6  shall be used for property tax levy reductions, or property tax rebates,
     7  effective in the local government's 2030 fiscal year. This section shall
     8  apply only to the local governments as defined by, and subject  to,  the
     9  provisions  of  section  3-c  of  the  general municipal law and section
    10  2023-a of the education law.
    11    (c-8) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 368-a  of  the  social
    12  services  law, or any other provision of law, commencing with the period
    13  January 1, 2030 through December 31, 2030, calendar year social services
    14  district medical assistance expenditure amounts for each social services
    15  district shall be reduced by 70% from the  2023  expenditures.  No  less
    16  than 100% of the annual savings from this medical assistance expenditure
    17  reduction,  compared  to  the prior year medical assistance expenditure,
    18  shall be used for property tax levy reductions, or property tax rebates,
    19  effective in the local government's 2031 fiscal year. This section shall
    20  apply only to the local governments as defined by, and subject  to,  the
    21  provisions  of  section  3-c  of  the  general municipal law and section
    22  2023-a of the education law.
    23    (c-9) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 368-a  of  the  social
    24  services  law, or any other provision of law, commencing with the period
    25  January 1, 2031 through December 31, 2031, calendar year social services
    26  district medical assistance expenditure amounts for each social services
    27  district shall be reduced by 80% from the  2023  expenditures.  No  less
    28  than 100% of the annual savings from this medical assistance expenditure
    29  reduction,  compared  to  the prior year medical assistance expenditure,
    30  shall be used for property tax levy reductions, or property tax rebates,
    31  effective in the local government's 2032 fiscal year. This section shall
    32  apply only to the local governments as defined by, and subject  to,  the
    33  provisions  of  section  3-c  of  the  general municipal law and section
    34  2023-a of the education law.
    35    (c-10) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 368-a of  the  social
    36  services  law, or any other provision of law, commencing with the period
    37  January 1, 2032 through December 31, 2032, calendar year social services
    38  district medical assistance expenditure amounts for each social services
    39  district shall be reduced by 90% from the  2023  expenditures.  No  less
    40  than 100% of the annual savings from this medical assistance expenditure
    41  reduction,  compared  to  the prior year medical assistance expenditure,
    42  shall be used for property tax levy reductions, or property tax rebates,
    43  effective in the local government's 2033 fiscal year. This section shall
    44  apply only to the local governments as defined by, and subject  to,  the
    45  provisions  of  section  3-c  of  the  general municipal law and section
    46  2023-a of the education law.
    47    (c-11) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 368-a of  the  social
    48  services  law, or any other provision of law, commencing with the period
    49  January 1, 2033 through December 31, 2033, calendar year social services
    50  district medical assistance expenditure amounts for each social services
    51  district shall be reduced by 100% from the 2023 expenditures; and  shall
    52  remain  eliminated each year thereafter. No less than 100% of the annual
    53  savings from this medical assistance expenditure reduction, compared  to
    54  the prior year medical assistance expenditure, shall be used for proper-
    55  ty  tax levy reductions, or property tax rebates, effective in the local
    56  government's 2034 fiscal year. This section  shall  apply  only  to  the

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     1  local  governments  as  defined  by,  and  subject to, the provisions of
     2  section 3-c of the general municipal  law  and  section  2023-a  of  the
     3  education law.
     4    (c-12)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of section seven of this act,
     5  any county that opted into the local  sales  tax  intercept  methodology
     6  shall  receive  a  proportionate reduction in the sales tax intercept as
     7  described in subdivisions (c-2),  (c-3),  (c-4),  (c-5),  (c-6),  (c-7),
     8  (c-8), (c-9), (c-10) and (c-11) of this section and use these recaptured
     9  funds  for  property  tax  reductions  in the same manner as other local
    10  jurisdictions as described.
    11    (c-13) The minimum amount  of  annual  property  tax  levy  reductions
    12  resulting from savings achieved as defined in subdivisions (c-2), (c-3),
    13  (c-4),  (c-5),  (c-6),  (c-7),  (c-8),  (c-9), (c-10) and (c-11) of this
    14  section, shall be determined by the state comptroller and transmitted to
    15  each local government one hundred eighty days in advance of the start of
    16  the fiscal year for which the property tax reduction is to be effective.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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