Bill Text: NY A04267 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides state aid and reimbursement to municipalities for certain services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-02 - referred to health [A04267 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A04267-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4267
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 2, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. GRAF, MONTESANO, RAIA, FINCH, McDONOUGH, SALADINO
          --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BUTLER, CROUCH, HAWLEY -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to  amend  the  public  health  law,  in  relation  to  providing
          reimbursement to municipalities for certain services
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  610 to read as follows:
     3    §  610.  State  aid;  optional  services.  State aid reimbursement for
     4  public health services provided by  a  municipality  under  this  title,
     5  shall be made as follows:
     6    1.  if  the  municipality is providing adult chronic care services and
     7  such municipality is not the sole home health  services  provider  at  a
     8  rate  of  not  less than thirty-six per centum of the monies expended by
     9  the municipality for such  services.  No  such  reimbursement  shall  be
    10  provided  for  services if they are not approved in a plan or if no plan
    11  is submitted for such services.
    12    2. if the municipality provides the following services:
    13    (a) early intervention services coordination;
    14    (b) dental services;
    15    (c) home health services;
    16    (d) long term care;
    17    (e) emergency medical services;
    18    (f) environmental services;
    19    (g) radioactive material licensing;
    20    (h) equipment licensing; or
    21    (i) housing hygiene;
    22    such municipality shall be eligible for reimbursement at a rate of not
    23  less than thirty-six per centum of the monies expended  by  the  munici-
    24  pality  for  such  services. No such reimbursement shall be provided for
    25  services if they are not approved in a plan or if no plan  is  submitted
    26  for such services.
    27    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05609-01-7