Bill Text: NY S06486 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for the state to fund the early intervention program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-20 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S06486 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S06486-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6486 IN SENATE January 20, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to funding early the intervention program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 2557 of the public health 2 law, subdivision 2 as amended by section 9-a of part A of chapter 56 of 3 the laws of 2012 and subdivision 3 as amended by section 7 of part B3 of 4 chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, are amended to read as follows: 5 2. The department shall reimburse the approved costs paid by a munici- 6 pality for the purposes of this title, other than those reimbursable by 7 the medical assistance program or by third party payors, in an amount of 8 [fifty] seventy-five percent of the amount expended in accordance with 9 the rules and regulations of the commissioner[; provided, however, that10in the discretion of the department and with the approval of the direc-11tor of the division of the budget, the department may reimburse munici-12palities in an amount greater than fifty percent of the amount13expended]. Such state reimbursement to the municipality shall not be 14 paid prior to April first of the year in which the approved costs are 15 paid by the municipality, provided, however that, subject to the 16 approval of the director of the budget, the department may pay such 17 state aid reimbursement to the municipality prior to such date. No less 18 than ninety percent of the annual savings from this early intervention 19 expenditure reduction to local municipalities, compared to the prior 20 year early intervention expenditures shall be used for property tax levy 21 reductions or property tax rebates, effective in the local munici- 22 pality's next fiscal year after the effective date of this subdivision. 23 The minimum amount of annual property tax levy reductions resulting from 24 savings achieved as defined in this subdivision, shall be determined by 25 the comptroller and transmitted to each local municipality one hundred 26 eighty days in advance of the start of the fiscal year for which the 27 property tax reduction is to be effective. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11956-02-6