Assembly Actions -
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Jan 22, 2016 |
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Senate Bill S6520
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government 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
2015-S6520 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd Part C §1, Chap 58 of 2005; amd §3-c, Gen Muni L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2017-2018:
S1251
2019-2020: S328
2021-2022: S1902
2015-S6520 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6520 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; and to amend the general municipal law, in relation to calculating social services district medical assistance expenditure amounts PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : A five-year state takeover of local Medicaid expenses for cities with a population of one million or less. The bill also provides that savings passed along to property tax payers by reducing the allowable levy under the tax cap. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 Amends section 1 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2005 by amending a new subdivision (c-2) to make the medical assistance expenditure amount for the social service district shall be the greater of zero; or the previous calendar year's medical assistance expenditure amount.
2015-S6520 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6520 I N S E N A T E January 22, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government 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. 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 by adding a new subdivision (c-2) to read as follows: (C-2) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS (C) AND (C-1) OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY, EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2016, FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2016 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND FOR EACH CALENDAR YEAR THEREAFTER, THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT FOR SUCH PERIOD SHALL BE THE GREATER OF (I) ZERO; OR (II) THE PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR'S MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT MINUS 20% OF THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2015 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2016, EXCEPT THAT FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2016 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2016, THE PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT WILL BE UNCHANGED. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT CONTAINING A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13713-01-6
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