Bill Text: NY S01251 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1251 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to calculating social services district medical assistance expenditure amounts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S01251 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01251-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1251
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 6, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
        AN ACT to amend 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;  and  to  amend the general municipal law, in
          relation to calculating social services  district  medical  assistance
          expenditure amounts
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 1 of part C of chapter 58  of  the  laws  of  2005,
     2  relating  to  authorizing  reimbursements for expenditures made by or on
     3  behalf of social services districts for  medical  assistance  for  needy
     4  persons  and  the  administration  thereof,  is  amended by adding a new
     5  subdivision (c-2) to read as follows:
     6    (c-2) Notwithstanding any provisions of subdivisions (c) and (c-1)  of
     7  this  section  to  the contrary, effective April 1, 2017, for the period
     8  January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017 and  for  each  calendar  year
     9  thereafter,  the  medical  assistance  expenditure amount for the social
    10  services district for such period shall be the greater of (i)  zero;  or
    11  (ii)  the previous calendar year's medical assistance expenditure amount
    12  minus 20% of the medical assistance expenditure amount  for  the  period
    13  January  1,  2016  through December 31, 2017, except that for the period
    14  January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, the  previous  calendar  year
    15  medical  assistance expenditure amount will be unchanged. The provisions
    16  of this subdivision shall not apply  to  any  social  services  district
    17  containing a city having a population of one million or more.
    18    §  2.  Paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision 3 of section 3-c of the general
    19  municipal law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (viii) to read  as
    20  follows:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04354-01-7

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     1    (viii)  Subtract  the  amount  that  the  prior  fiscal year's medical
     2  assistance expenditure amount exceeds the current fiscal year's  medical
     3  assistance  expenditure  amount,  provided that this shall only apply to
     4  counties and shall only apply to fiscal years that begin after two thou-
     5  sand seventeen.
     6    §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
     7  the amendments to section 3-c of  the  general  municipal  law  made  by
     8  section  two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
     9  shall be deemed repealed therewith.