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                                  3578

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2015
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Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Ways and Means

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  2017:    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, 2018 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2018, CALENDAR YEAR SOCIAL SERVICES
DISTRICT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS FOR EACH SOCIAL SERVICES
DISTRICT  SHALL  BE  REDUCED  BY 20% FROM THE 2017 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 2019 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
JANUARY 1, 2019 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2019, CALENDAR YEAR SOCIAL SERVICES
DISTRICT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS FOR EACH SOCIAL SERVICES
DISTRICT SHALL BE REDUCED BY 40% FROM THE  2017  EXPENDITURES.  NO  LESS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04156-01-5
              

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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 2020 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, 2020 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2020, CALENDAR YEAR SOCIAL SERVICES
DISTRICT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS FOR EACH SOCIAL SERVICES
DISTRICT  SHALL  BE  REDUCED  BY 60% FROM THE 2017 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 2021 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, 2021 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2021, CALENDAR YEAR SOCIAL SERVICES
DISTRICT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS FOR EACH SOCIAL SERVICES
DISTRICT SHALL BE REDUCED BY 80% FROM THE  2017  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 2022 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, 2022 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2022, CALENDAR YEAR SOCIAL SERVICES
DISTRICT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS FOR EACH SOCIAL SERVICES
DISTRICT  SHALL BE REDUCED BY 100% FROM THE 2017 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 2023 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.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.