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                                  4196

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 1, 2013
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A. PAULIN, SWEENEY, LUPARDO, LIFTON, MAGNARELLI,
  SCHIMMINGER,  ABINANTI,  GALEF,  LAVINE,  ROBERTS,  THIELE,   GUNTHER,
  JAFFEE,  BRINDISI, ZEBROWSKI, GIGLIO, SCHIMEL -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of  A.  BARCLAY,  BLANKENBUSH,  BUTLER,  CERETTO,  CORWIN,  CROUCH,
  DUPREY,  FINCH,  FITZPATRICK,  FRIEND,  GOODELL,  GRAF, HAWLEY, JOHNS,
  KATZ, KOLB, P. LOPEZ, LOSQUADRO, MAGEE,  MAYER,  McDONOUGH,  McKEVITT,
  MONTESANO, OAKS, PALMESANO, RA, RABBITT, RAIA, REILICH, RUSSELL, SALA-
  DINO, TEDISCO, TENNEY, WALTER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee 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, 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, 2016, except that:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01976-01-3
              

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  (1)  for  the  period  January  1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, the
previous calendar year medical assistance  expenditure  amount  will  be
increased by 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, 2016 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2016, THE
PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE  EXPENDITURE  AMOUNT  WILL  BE
UNCHANGED.
  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
COUNTIES AND SHALL ONLY APPLY TO FISCAL YEARS THAT BEGIN AFTER TWO THOU-
SAND SIXTEEN.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
section  one  of  this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
same manner as section 1 of part F of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2012,
takes  effect;  and  provided  further,  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.