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                                   2879
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, LUPARDO, LIFTON, MAGNARELLI, SCHIMMINGER,
   ABINANTI,  GALEF,  THIELE,  GUNTHER,  JAFFEE, ZEBROWSKI, GIGLIO, OTIS,
   BUCHWALD,  SANTABARBARA,  STIRPE,  WOERNER,  BRONSON,  LAVINE,  RAMOS,
   BARRETT  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A. BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH,
   CROUCH, FINCH, FITZPATRICK,  FRIEND,  GOODELL,  HAWLEY,  JOHNS,  KOLB,
   McDONOUGH, MONTESANO, PALMESANO, RA, RAIA -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend 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, 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, 2018 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2018, except that:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05699-01-9

              

 A. 2879                             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, 2019 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2019, 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 EIGHTEEN.
   § 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.