* § 364-c. National long term care channeling demonstration project.
1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this chapter or any
other law to the contrary, the Rensselaer county social services
district is hereby authorized to participate in the national long term
care channeling demonstration project, for the purposes of
demonstrating: (a) the efficiency and effectiveness of community based
long term care services; (b) the viability of transferring the
responsibility for determining the amount, duration and scope of
services to be provided from the local social services agency to the
channeling agency; and (c) various methods of delivering services,
including services or supplies not authorized to be provided under this
title; provided, however, that no such additional services or supplies
provided hereunder shall be subject to state reimbursement unless the
department approves provision of such services or supplies to persons
eligible for medical assistance, and federal financial participation is
available for such additional services or supplies; and provided
further, that the social services district may only participate in such
demonstration in accordance with a plan submitted to the departments of
social services and health, and the division of the budget, and only to
the extent and period for which such plan has been approved by those
departments and division.

2. (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the
contrary, expenditures made in connection with the national long term
care channeling demonstration project for social and health services and
medical supplies authorized to be provided by this section and approved
by the department, shall be subject to state reimbursement under section
three hundred sixty-eight-a of this title in accordance with a schedule
of maximum reimbursable amounts approved by the department and the
division of budget for such services and supplies for the project.

(b) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary,
the commissioner may authorize the Rensselaer county social services
district to pay for services and supplies provided pursuant to the
demonstration project.

3. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter or any
other law to the contrary, the commissioner may, subject to the approval
of the director of the budget, approve such a demonstration project and
apply for appropriate waivers under federal law and regulation and may
waive any provision of this title or regulation of the department as may
be necessary to enable the social services district to participate in
the demonstration project, and to make medical assistance funds
available for such project.

4. The commissioner shall provide that a final evaluation be made of
the national long term care channeling demonstration project in
Rensselaer county approved and conducted hereunder in a form mutually
agreed upon by such commissioner, the state commissioner of health, and
the director of the state office for the aging, and shall provide copies
of such report to the governor and to the legislature. In addition, the
director of the state office for the aging shall submit annual interim
reports on the progress of the project to the governor and legislature
by the first day of February of each year.

* NB Expired December 31, 1985