NY State Senate Bill 2017-S5313

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to local government
Mar 20, 2017	referred to local government

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2017-S5313 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3200
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:: 2011-2012: S5889
2013-2014: S153, A4196
2015-2016: S429, A1734
2019-2020: S1928, A2879
2021-2022: S2634, A5183
2023-2024: S124

2017-S5313 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to calculating social services district medical assistance expenditure amounts.

2017-S5313 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5313

 TITLE OF BILL :  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

 PURPOSE :

This bill provides for a takeover of the local share of Medicaid over
a twenty-year period beginning in 2017. This bill also provides that
all savings from this takeover are passed along to property taxpayers
by reducing the allowable levy under the property tax cap.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Subdivision c-1 of section 1 of chapter 58 of the laws of
2005 is amended to provide for a twenty-year takeover of the local
share of Medicaid costs.

Section 2: Subsection 3 of section 3-c of the General Municipal Law is
amended to provide for a reduction in the allowable tax levy limit for
counties equal to the amount of the reduction in each county's local
share of Medicaid costs.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Since the enactment of the Medicaid program in 1965, local social
service districts (counties and the City of New York) have been
required to share in both the cost and administrative operation of the
program. Over the years, the cost of the program has grown
exponentially while responsibility for program design and
administration has been gradually shifted to the state.

Despite this shift of responsibility, county and New York City
governments continue to be required to contribute a significant share
of the total program cost. Currently, counties and New York City pay
approximately $7.3 billion per year.

The FY 2012-2013 budget began to address this unfunded mandate by
phasing out the 3% increase in county Medicaid costs each year, This
will allow counties to work within the enacted cap on property taxes
without slashing essential local services such as senior services,
veterans' services, law enforcement, parks, and road maintenance.

However, even after this freeze on local Medicaid costs being fully
implemented in 2015, over $7.5 billion of Medicaid costs will still
fall on local governments and thus property taxpayers. This bill would
address these remaining costs by having the state government assume
responsibility of 5% of the costs each year for twenty years.

Furthermore, this bill ensures that these local savings are passed
along to property taxpayers by reducing the allowable property tax
levy for counties by the amount they will save from reduced Medicaid
costs. In many counties, this will mean year-to-year reductions in the
property tax levy from 2017 until 2034, reversing a long trend of
year-to-year increases that were caused, in part, by Medicaid cost
sharing.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: S.429-B/A.1734-B Referred to Local Government/Referred to
Health
2013-14: S.153-A/A 4196-A Referred to Finance/Referred to Health
2011-12: S.5889D Committed to Finance

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S5313 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5313
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GALLIVAN, AKSHAR, AVELLA, CARLUCCI, GRIFFO, LARKIN,
   MARCHIONE, ORTT, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE, SEWARD, YOUNG -- 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.  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, 2017, except that:
   (1)  for  the  period  January  1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, the
 previous calendar year medical assistance  expenditure  amount  will  be
 increased by 2%;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00231-01-7

 S. 5313                             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, 2017 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2017, THE
 PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE  EXPENDITURE  AMOUNT  WILL  BE
 UNCHANGED.
   §  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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  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.

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