Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to health |
Jan 15, 2015 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S1955
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 58th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
-
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
-
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
-
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S1955 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Social Services
- Laws Affected:
- Amd Part C ยง1, Chap 58 of 2005
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2011-2012:
S5787
2013-2014: S4296
2015-S1955 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1955 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 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 2010-2011 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% for 2006, 3.25% for 2007, and 3% for the 2008 and every year thereafter. Although this was an improvement over past practice, these mandated costs are still increasing at a rate that is a burden to the local property taxpayer.
2015-S1955 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1955 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 15, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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%; (ii) 2007 (January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007): 6.75% (3.25% plus the prior year's 3.5%); (iii) 2008 (January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008): 9.75% (3% plus the prior year's 6.75%); (iv) 2009 (January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009): 12.75% (3% PLUS THE PRIOR YEAR'S 9.75%); (V) 2010 (JANUARY 1, 2010 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2010): 15.75% (3% PLUS THE PRIOR YEAR'S 12.75%); (VI) 2011 (JANUARY 1, 2011 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2011): 18.75% (3% PLUS THE PRIOR YEAR'S 15.75%); EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07913-01-5
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.