Bill Text: NY S05889 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 18-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-08 - PRINT NUMBER 5889D [S05889 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05889-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5889--D
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                  September 14, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  GALLIVAN,  McDONALD,  RANZENHOFER, ALESI, AVELLA,
         BALL, BONACIC, CARLUCCI, FARLEY,  GOLDEN,  GRIFFO,  GRISANTI,  LARKIN,
         LIBOUS,  MAZIARZ,  MONTGOMERY, NOZZOLIO, O'MARA, OPPENHEIMER, RITCHIE,
         SEWARD, VALESKY, YOUNG -- read twice and  ordered  printed,  and  when
         printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules -- committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted
         to the Committee on Social Services in accordance with Senate Rule  6,
         sec.  8  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
         amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported  favorably  from
         said  committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       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. Subdivision (c-1) of section 1 of part C of chapter  58  of
    2  the  laws  of  2005, relating to authorizing reimbursements for expendi-
    3  tures made by or on behalf of  social  services  districts  for  medical
    4  assistance for needy persons and the administration thereof, as added by
    5  section  1  of  part  F of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012, is amended to
    6  read as follows:
    7    (c-1) Notwithstanding  any  provisions  of  subdivision  (c)  of  this
    8  section to the contrary, effective April 1, 2013, for the period January
    9  1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 and for each calendar year thereafter,
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13008-14-2
       S. 5889--D                          2
    1  the  medical  assistance  expenditure  amount  for  the  social services
    2  district for such period shall be [equal to] the GREATER OF (I) ZERO; OR
    3  (II) THE previous calendar year's medical assistance expenditure  amount
    4  MINUS  FIVE PERCENT OF THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT FOR THE
    5  PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2015 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2015, except that:
    6    (1) for the period January 1, 2013  through  December  31,  2013,  the
    7  previous  calendar  year  medical  assistance expenditure amount will be
    8  increased by 2%;
    9    (2) for the period January 1, 2014  through  December  31,  2014,  the
   10  previous  calendar  year  medical  assistance expenditure amount will be
   11  increased by 1%; AND
   12    (3) FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2015  THROUGH  DECEMBER  31,  2015,  THE
   13  PREVIOUS  CALENDAR  YEAR  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT WILL BE
   14  UNCHANGED.
   15    S 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of  section  3-c  of  the  general
   16  municipal  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (viii) to read as
   17  follows:
   18    (VIII) SUBTRACT THE  AMOUNT  THAT  THE  PRIOR  FISCAL  YEAR'S  MEDICAL
   19  ASSISTANCE  EXPENDITURE AMOUNT EXCEEDS THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR'S MEDICAL
   20  ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT, PROVIDED THAT THIS SHALL  ONLY  APPLY  TO
   21  COUNTIES AND SHALL ONLY APPLY TO FISCAL YEARS THAT BEGIN AFTER TWO THOU-
   22  SAND FIFTEEN.
   23    S  3.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
   24  section one of this act shall take effect on the same date  and  in  the
   25  same  manner  as  section 1 of part F of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012,
   26  takes effect; and provided further,  however,  that  the  amendments  to
   27  section 3-c of the general municipal law made by section two of this act
   28  shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed
   29  therewith.