Bill Text: NY S00153 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-28 - PRINT NUMBER 153A [S00153 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          153
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
       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,
   10  the  medical  assistance  expenditure  amount  for  the  social services
   11  district for such period shall be [equal to] the GREATER OF (I) ZERO; OR
   12  (II) THE previous calendar year's medical assistance expenditure  amount
   13  MINUS  FIVE PERCENT OF THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT FOR THE
   14  PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2016 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2016, except that:
   15    (1) for the period January 1, 2013  through  December  31,  2013,  the
   16  previous  calendar  year  medical  assistance expenditure amount will be
   17  increased by 2%;
   18    (2) for the period January 1, 2014  through  December  31,  2014,  the
   19  previous  calendar  year  medical  assistance expenditure amount will be
   20  increased by 1%; AND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01976-01-3
       S. 153                              2
    1    (3) FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2016  THROUGH  DECEMBER  31,  2016,  THE
    2  PREVIOUS  CALENDAR  YEAR  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT WILL BE
    3  UNCHANGED.
    4    S  2.  Paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision 3 of section 3-c of the general
    5  municipal law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (viii) to read  as
    6  follows:
    7    (VIII)  SUBTRACT  THE  AMOUNT  THAT  THE  PRIOR  FISCAL YEAR'S MEDICAL
    8  ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT EXCEEDS THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR'S  MEDICAL
    9  ASSISTANCE  EXPENDITURE  AMOUNT,  PROVIDED THAT THIS SHALL ONLY APPLY TO
   10  COUNTIES AND SHALL ONLY APPLY TO FISCAL YEARS THAT BEGIN AFTER TWO THOU-
   11  SAND SIXTEEN.
   12    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
   13  section  one  of  this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
   14  same manner as section 1 of part F of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2012,
   15  takes  effect;  and  provided  further,  however, that the amendments to
   16  section 3-c of the general municipal law made by section two of this act
   17  shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed
   18  therewith.