S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4196
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 1, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, SWEENEY, LUPARDO, LIFTON, MAGNARELLI,
SCHIMMINGER, ABINANTI, GALEF, LAVINE, ROBERTS, THIELE, GUNTHER,
JAFFEE, BRINDISI, ZEBROWSKI, GIGLIO, SCHIMEL -- Multi-Sponsored by --
M. of A. BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, BUTLER, CERETTO, CORWIN, CROUCH,
DUPREY, FINCH, FITZPATRICK, FRIEND, GOODELL, GRAF, HAWLEY, JOHNS,
KATZ, KOLB, P. LOPEZ, LOSQUADRO, MAGEE, MAYER, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT,
MONTESANO, OAKS, PALMESANO, RA, RABBITT, RAIA, REILICH, RUSSELL, SALA-
DINO, TEDISCO, TENNEY, WALTER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
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:
Section 1. Subdivision (c-1) of section 1 of part C of chapter 58 of
the laws of 2005, relating to authorizing reimbursements for expendi-
tures made by or on behalf of social services districts for medical
assistance for needy persons and the administration thereof, as added by
section 1 of part F of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012, is amended to
read as follows:
(c-1) Notwithstanding any provisions of subdivision (c) of this
section to the contrary, effective April 1, 2013, for the period January
1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 and for each calendar year thereafter,
the medical assistance expenditure amount for the social services
district for such period shall be [equal to] the GREATER OF (I) ZERO; OR
(II) THE previous calendar year's medical assistance expenditure amount
MINUS FIVE PERCENT OF THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT FOR THE
PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2016 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2016, except that:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(1) for the period January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, the
previous calendar year medical assistance expenditure amount will be
increased by 2%;
(2) for the period January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014, the
previous calendar year medical assistance expenditure amount will be
increased by 1%; AND
(3) FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2016 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2016, THE
PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT WILL BE
UNCHANGED.
S 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 3-c of the general
municipal law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (viii) to read as
follows:
(VIII) SUBTRACT THE AMOUNT THAT THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR'S MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT EXCEEDS THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR'S MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT, PROVIDED THAT THIS SHALL ONLY APPLY TO
COUNTIES AND SHALL ONLY APPLY TO FISCAL YEARS THAT BEGIN AFTER TWO THOU-
SAND SIXTEEN.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
section one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
same manner as section 1 of part F of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012,
takes effect; and provided further, however, that the amendments to
section 3-c of the general municipal law made by section two of this act
shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed
therewith.