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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Jun 16, 2011 |
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Senate Bill S5787
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 58th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) 53rd Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
2011-S5787 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S5787 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5787 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, in relation to calculating social services district medical assistance expenditure amounts PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To freeze the municipal share of local Medicaid costs at the current level. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 caps the municipal share of Medicaid cost at the 2011 trend factor of 18.75% of the 2005 base rate. Section 2 contains the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: By far, New York's largest unfunded mandate on county governments each year is Medicaid spending. The municipal share of Medicaid spending for the 2010-11 fiscal year was $7.5 billion. In order to provide counties financial stability the state imposed a cap on county Medicaid expenditures of 3,5 percent for 2006,3.25 percent
2011-S5787 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5787 A. 8453 2011-2012 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y June 16, 2011 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, KOLB, CONTE, P. LOPEZ, GIGLIO, GOODELL, FRIEND, BLANKENBUSH, DUPREY, RAIA, SMARDZ, CALHOUN, TENNEY, MOLINARO, CURRAN, SALADINO, FINCH, BUTLER, AMEDORE, TEDISCO, CROUCH, HAWLEY, BARCLAY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLE, BURLING, CASTELLI, CERETTO, CORWIN, FITZPATRICK, GRAF, HANNA, HAYES, HOYT, JOHNS, JORDAN, KATZ, KIRWAN, LOSQUADRO, MAGEE, MALLIOTAKIS, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, McLAUGHLIN, D. MILLER, J. MILLER, MONTESANO, MURRAY, OAKS, RA, RABBITT, REILICH, SAYWARD, SPANO, THIELE, TOBACCO -- read once and referred to the Committee 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, 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) 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 and the administration thereof, is amended to read as follows: (c) Commencing with the calendar year beginning January 1, 2006, calendar year social services district medical assistance expenditure amounts for each social services district shall be calculated by multi- plying the results of the calculations performed pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section by a non-compounded trend factor, as follows: (i) 2006 (January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006): 3.5%; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13115-01-1
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