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                                   3200
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, LUPARDO, LIFTON, MAGNARELLI, SCHIMMINGER,
   ABINANTI, GALEF, THIELE, GUNTHER, JAFFEE, BRINDISI, ZEBROWSKI, GIGLIO,
   OTIS, BUCHWALD, SANTABARBARA, STIRPE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   BARCLAY,  BLANKENBUSH,  BUTLER,  CROUCH,  FINCH,  FITZPATRICK, FRIEND,
   GOODELL, GRAF, HAWLEY, JENNE, JOHNS, KOLB, LOPEZ, MAGEE, MAYER,  McDO-
   NOUGH,  McKEVITT,  MONTESANO,  OAKS,  PALMESANO,  RA,  RAIA, SALADINO,
   WALTER -- 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,  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, 2017, except that:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00231-01-7

              

 A. 3200                             2
 
   (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, 2017 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2017, THE
 PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE  EXPENDITURE  AMOUNT  WILL  BE
 UNCHANGED.
   §  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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  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.