S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6629
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 14, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to funding the early
intervention program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 2557 of the public health
law, subdivision 2 as amended by section 9-a of part A of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2012 and subdivision 3 as amended by section 7 of part B3 of
chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, are amended to read as follows:
2. The department shall reimburse the approved costs paid by a munici-
pality for the purposes of this title, other than those reimbursable by
the medical assistance program or by third party payors, in an amount of
[fifty] SEVENTY-FIVE percent of the amount expended in accordance with
the rules and regulations of the commissioner[; provided, however, that
in the discretion of the department and with the approval of the direc-
tor of the division of the budget, the department may reimburse munici-
palities in an amount greater than fifty percent of the amount
expended]. Such state reimbursement to the municipality shall not be
paid prior to April first of the year in which the approved costs are
paid by the municipality, provided, however that, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget, the department may pay such
state aid reimbursement to the municipality prior to such date. NO LESS
THAN NINETY PERCENT OF THE ANNUAL SAVINGS FROM THIS EARLY INTERVENTION
EXPENDITURE REDUCTION TO LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, COMPARED TO THE PRIOR
YEAR EARLY INTERVENTION EXPENDITURES SHALL BE USED FOR PROPERTY TAX LEVY
REDUCTIONS OR PROPERTY TAX REBATES, EFFECTIVE IN THE LOCAL MUNICI-
PALITY'S NEXT FISCAL YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY REDUCTIONS RESULTING FROM
SAVINGS ACHIEVED AS DEFINED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL BE DETERMINED BY
THE COMPTROLLER AND TRANSMITTED TO EACH LOCAL MUNICIPALITY ONE HUNDRED
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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EIGHTY DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR WHICH THE
PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION IS TO BE EFFECTIVE.
3. The department may perform audits, which may include site visita-
tion, to all or any of the following: municipalities; service coordina-
tors; evaluators or providers of early intervention services. The
department shall provide the municipalities with a copy of the findings
of such audits. Early intervention program state aid reimbursement or
portion thereof may be withheld if, on post-audit and review, the
commissioner finds that the early intervention services were not
provided or those provided were not in substantial conformance with the
rules and regulations established by the commissioner or that the recip-
ient of such services was not an eligible child as defined in section
twenty-five hundred forty-one of this title. In the event that the
commissioner determines that there may be a withholding of state
reimbursement to any municipality under this section, he OR SHE shall
inform the state early intervention coordinating council and the rele-
vant local early intervention coordinating council and shall consider
alternative courses of action recommended within sixty days by either
body prior to withholding state reimbursement.
§ 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2558 of the public health law, as
amended by section 10 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012, is
amended to read as follows:
4. Local contribution. The municipality of residence shall be finan-
cially responsible for the local contribution in the amount of [fifty]
TWENTY-FIVE percent of the amount expended provided, however, that in
the discretion of the department and with the approval of the director
of the division of the budget, in accordance with subdivision two of
section twenty-five hundred fifty-seven of this title[, the department
may require that municipalities be financially responsible for a local
contribution in an amount less than fifty percent of the amount
expended]. The commissioner shall certify to the comptroller the amount
of the local contribution owed by each municipality to the state. The
comptroller shall deduct the amount of such local contribution first
from any moneys due the municipality pursuant to section twenty-five
hundred fifty-six of this title and then from any other moneys due or to
become due to the municipality.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.