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                                  2236--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, STECK, GIGLIO, GOODELL -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- recommitted to
   the Committee on Ways and Means in accordance with  Assembly  Rule  3,
   sec.  2  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 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, in relation to a five year elimination of the
   local share for medicaid
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (iv) of subdivision (c) of 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, is amended and seven new subdivi-
 sions (c-2), (c-3), (c-4), (c-5), (c-6), (c-7) and (c-8)  are  added  to
 read as follows:
   (iv)  2009  (January  1,  2009  through  December  31, 2009), and each
 succeeding calendar year  THROUGH  2021:    prior  year's  trend  factor
 percentage plus 3%.
   (C-2)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS OF SECTION 368-A OF THE SOCIAL
 SERVICES LAW, OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, COMMENCING WITH THE  PERIOD
 JANUARY 1, 2022 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2022, CALENDAR YEAR SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS FOR EACH SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICT  SHALL  BE  REDUCED  BY 20% FROM THE 2021 EXPENDITURES. NO LESS
 THAN 75%  OF  THE  SAVINGS  FROM  THIS  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  EXPENDITURE
 REDUCTION  SHALL  BE  USED FOR PROPERTY TAX LEVY REDUCTIONS, OR PROPERTY
 TAX REBATES, EFFECTIVE IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S 2023 FISCAL YEAR.
   (C-3) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 368-A  OF  THE  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  LAW, OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, COMMENCING WITH THE PERIOD
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD03613-03-8

 A. 2236--A                          2
 
 JANUARY 1, 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2023, CALENDAR YEAR SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS FOR EACH SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICT SHALL BE REDUCED BY 40% FROM THE  2021  EXPENDITURES.  NO  LESS
 THAN  75% OF THE ANNUAL SAVINGS FROM THIS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE
 REDUCTION, COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  EXPENDITURE,
 SHALL BE USED FOR PROPERTY TAX LEVY REDUCTIONS, OR PROPERTY TAX REBATES,
 EFFECTIVE IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S 2024 FISCAL YEAR.
   (C-4)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS OF SECTION 368-A OF THE SOCIAL
 SERVICES LAW, OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, COMMENCING WITH THE  PERIOD
 JANUARY 1, 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2024, CALENDAR YEAR SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS FOR EACH SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICT  SHALL  BE  REDUCED  BY 60% FROM THE 2021 EXPENDITURES. NO LESS
 THAN 75% OF THE ANNUAL SAVINGS FROM THIS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE  EXPENDITURE
 REDUCTION,  COMPARED  TO  THE PRIOR YEAR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE,
 SHALL BE USED FOR PROPERTY TAX LEVY REDUCTIONS, OR PROPERTY TAX REBATES,
 EFFECTIVE IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S 2025 FISCAL YEAR.
   (C-5) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 368-A  OF  THE  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  LAW, OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, COMMENCING WITH THE PERIOD
 JANUARY 1, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025, CALENDAR YEAR SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS FOR EACH SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICT SHALL BE REDUCED BY 80% FROM THE  2021  EXPENDITURES.  NO  LESS
 THAN  75% OF THE ANNUAL SAVINGS FROM THIS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE
 REDUCTION, COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  EXPENDITURE,
 SHALL BE USED FOR PROPERTY TAX LEVY REDUCTIONS, OR PROPERTY TAX REBATES,
 EFFECTIVE IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S 2026 FISCAL YEAR.
   (C-6)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS OF SECTION 368-A OF THE SOCIAL
 SERVICES LAW, OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, COMMENCING WITH THE  PERIOD
 JANUARY 1, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2026, CALENDAR YEAR SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS FOR EACH SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICT  SHALL BE REDUCED BY 100% FROM THE 2021 EXPENDITURES; AND SHALL
 REMAIN ELIMINATED EACH YEAR THEREAFTER. NO LESS THAN 75% OF  THE  ANNUAL
 SAVINGS  FROM THIS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE REDUCTION, COMPARED TO
 THE PRIOR YEAR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE, SHALL BE USED FOR PROPER-
 TY TAX LEVY REDUCTIONS, OR PROPERTY TAX REBATES, EFFECTIVE IN THE  LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT'S 2027 FISCAL YEAR.
   (C-7) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SEVEN OF THIS ACT, ANY
 COUNTY  THAT  OPTED INTO THE LOCAL SALES TAX INTERCEPT METHODOLOGY SHALL
 RECEIVE  A  PROPORTIONATE  REDUCTION  IN  THE  SALES  TAX  INTERCEPT  AS
 DESCRIBED  IN  SUBDIVISIONS (C-2), (C-3), (C-4), (C-5) AND (C-6) OF THIS
 SECTION AND USE THESE RECAPTURED FUNDS FOR PROPERTY  TAX  REDUCTIONS  IN
 THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AS DESCRIBED.
   (C-8)  THE  MINIMUM  AMOUNT  OF  ANNUAL  PROPERTY  TAX LEVY REDUCTIONS
 RESULTING FROM SAVINGS ACHIEVED AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISIONS (C-2), (C-3),
 (C-4), (C-5) AND (C-6) OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE STATE
 COMPTROLLER AND TRANSMITTED TO EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ONE HUNDRED  EIGHTY
 DAYS  IN  ADVANCE OF THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR WHICH THE PROPERTY
 TAX REDUCTION IS TO BE EFFECTIVE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.