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Senate Bill S6520

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to calculating social services district medical assistance expenditure amounts

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2015-S6520 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Part C §1, Chap 58 of 2005; amd §3-c, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S1251
2019-2020: S328
2021-2022: S1902

2015-S6520 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to calculating social services district medical assistance expenditure amounts.

2015-S6520 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6520 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6520

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 22, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

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. Section 1 of part C of 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,  is  amended by adding a new
subdivision (c-2) to read as follows:
  (C-2) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS (C) AND (C-1)  OF
THIS  SECTION  TO  THE CONTRARY, EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2016, FOR THE PERIOD
JANUARY 1, 2016 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND  FOR  EACH  CALENDAR  YEAR
THEREAFTER,  THE  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  EXPENDITURE AMOUNT FOR THE SOCIAL
SERVICES DISTRICT FOR SUCH PERIOD SHALL BE THE GREATER OF (I)  ZERO;  OR
(II)  THE PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR'S MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT
MINUS 20% OF THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT  FOR  THE  PERIOD
JANUARY  1,  2015  THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2016, EXCEPT THAT FOR THE PERIOD
JANUARY 1, 2016 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2016, THE  PREVIOUS  CALENDAR  YEAR
MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT WILL BE UNCHANGED. THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY  TO  ANY  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT
CONTAINING A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
  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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13713-01-6

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