Bill Text: NY S06716 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires enhanced federal medical assistance percentage funds be directly shared with the counties and the city of New York; requires the comptroller examine and audit all funds received from the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage and the distributions made to counties and the city of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 18-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S06716 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06716-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6716

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       May 5, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the social services law and the state  finance  law,  in
          relation  to  requiring enhanced federal medical assistance percentage
          funds be directly shared with the counties and the city of New York

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

     1    Section  1. Subdivision 4 of section 363-a of the social services law,
     2  as amended by chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    4. The department of taxation and finance shall accept and receive any
     5  and  all  grants  of  money awarded to the state under title XIX, or any
     6  successor title, of the federal social security  act.    All  moneys  so
     7  received shall be deposited by the department of taxation and finance in
     8  a  special  fund or funds and shall be used by the state exclusively for
     9  medical assistance and the administration thereof under  the  provisions
    10  of  this  title.  Such  moneys  shall be paid from such fund or funds on
    11  audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers of or certification  by
    12  the department of health. Any and all grants of enhanced federal medical
    13  assistance  percentage  funds  awarded  to  the  state shall be directly
    14  distributed to the counties and the city of New  York  proportionate  to
    15  the  county  and  city  of  New  York  share of the non-federal share of
    16  medical assistance.
    17    § 2. Section 8 of the state finance law is amended  by  adding  a  new
    18  subdivision 21 to read as follows:
    19    21.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision of law, examine and
    20  audit all funds received from the enhanced  federal  medical  assistance
    21  percentage  and  the  distributions made to counties and the city of New
    22  York, and identify whether the distribution of enhanced federal  medical
    23  assistance  percentage  funds  was  proportional  to the portion of each
    24  county's share and the city of New York's share of the non-federal share

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10177-02-3
        S. 6716                             2

     1  of medical assistance.  Upon thorough examination, audit, and  identifi-
     2  cation  of proportionality of distributions, make a report to the legis-
     3  lature containing said findings prior to the  convening  of  its  annual
     4  session.
     5    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.