Bill Text: NY A04361 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to the medical assistance presumptive eligibility program

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to social services [A04361 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A04361-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4361
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 3, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. BRENNAN, DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, ORTIZ, J. RIVERA,
         PEOPLES, PHEFFER, CASTRO, CAHILL, JAFFEE, CHRISTENSEN  --  Multi-Spon-
         sored  by  --  M. of A. GALEF, GREENE, JACOBS, JOHN, LUPARDO, McENENY,
         MENG, SWEENEY -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Social
         Services
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social services law, in relation to the medical
         assistance presumptive eligibility program
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivisions  1,  2  and 3 of section 364-i of the social
    2  services law, as amended by chapter 693 of the laws of 1996, are amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    1. (A) An individual, upon application for medical  assistance,  shall
    5  be presumed eligible for such assistance for a period of sixty days from
    6  the  date  of  transfer  from  a general hospital, as defined in section
    7  twenty-eight hundred one of the public health law to  a  certified  home
    8  health  agency  or  long  term  home  health care program, as defined in
    9  section thirty-six hundred two of the public health law, or to a hospice
   10  as defined in section four thousand two of the public health law, or  to
   11  a  residential  health  care facility as defined in section twenty-eight
   12  hundred one of the public health law, if the local department of  social
   13  services  determines  that  the  applicant  meets  each of the following
   14  criteria: [(a)] (I) the applicant is receiving acute care in such hospi-
   15  tal; [(b)] (II)  a physician certifies that  such  applicant  no  longer
   16  requires  acute hospital care, but still requires medical care which can
   17  be provided by a certified home health agency,  long  term  home  health
   18  care  program,  hospice or residential health care facility; [(c)] (III)
   19  the applicant or his representative states that the applicant  does  not
   20  have insurance coverage for the required medical care and that such care
   21  cannot  be afforded; [(d)] (IV) it reasonably appears that the applicant
   22  is otherwise eligible  to  receive  medical  assistance;  [(e)]  (V)  it
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  reasonably  appears  that the amount expended by the state and the local
    2  social services district for medical  assistance  in  a  certified  home
    3  health  agency,  long term home health care program, hospice or residen-
    4  tial  health  care  facility, during the period of presumed eligibility,
    5  would be less than the amount the state and the  local  social  services
    6  district would expend for continued acute hospital care for such person;
    7  and  [(f)] (VI) such other determinative criteria as the commissioner OF
    8  HEALTH shall provide by rule or regulation. If a person has been  deter-
    9  mined  to  be presumptively eligible for medical assistance, pursuant to
   10  this subdivision, and is subsequently determined to  be  ineligible  for
   11  such  assistance, the commissioner OF HEALTH, on behalf of the state and
   12  the local social services district shall have the  authority  to  recoup
   13  from  the  individual  the  sums expended for such assistance during the
   14  period of presumed eligibility.
   15    (B) AN INDIVIDUAL, UPON APPLICATION FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE,  SHALL  BE
   16  PRESUMED  ELIGIBLE  FOR  SUCH ASSISTANCE FOR CARE, SERVICES AND SUPPLIES
   17  RELATED TO THE TREATMENT OF A MENTAL ILLNESS FOR A PERIOD OF NINETY DAYS
   18  FROM THE DATE OF DISCHARGE FROM A HOSPITAL, AS DEFINED IN  SECTION  1.03
   19  OF  THE  MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AS DEFINED IN PARA-
   20  GRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION TWO OF THE CORRECTION LAW OR  A
   21  LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION
   22  SIXTEEN OF SECTION TWO OF THE CORRECTION LAW, IF THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF
   23  SOCIAL SERVICES DETERMINES THAT THE APPLICANT MEETS EACH OF THE  FOLLOW-
   24  ING  CRITERIA:  (I)  THE APPLICANT IS SEVERELY AND PERSISTENTLY MENTALLY
   25  ILL; (II) A PHYSICIAN CERTIFIES THAT  SUCH  APPLICANT  REQUIRES  MEDICAL
   26  CARE  TO TREAT SUCH MENTAL ILLNESS; (III) THE APPLICANT OR HIS REPRESEN-
   27  TATIVE STATES THAT THE APPLICANT DOES NOT HAVE  INSURANCE  COVERAGE  FOR
   28  THE REQUIRED MEDICAL CARE AND THAT SUCH CARE CANNOT BE AFFORDED; (IV) IT
   29  REASONABLY  APPEARS  THAT THE APPLICANT IS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE
   30  MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; (V) IT REASONABLY APPEARS THAT THE  AMOUNT  EXPENDED
   31  BY  THE STATE AND THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT FOR MEDICAL ASSIST-
   32  ANCE FOR TREATMENT OF A MENTAL ILLNESS DURING  THE  PERIOD  OF  PRESUMED
   33  ELIGIBILITY,  WOULD  BE  LESS  THAN  THE  AMOUNT THE STATE AND THE LOCAL
   34  SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT WOULD EXPEND  FOR  CONTINUED  OR  FUTURE  ACUTE
   35  HOSPITAL  CARE FOR SUCH PERSON; AND (VI) SUCH OTHER DETERMINATIVE CRITE-
   36  RIA AS THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL PROVIDE BY RULE  OR  REGULATION.
   37  IF A PERSON HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE PRESUMPTIVELY ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL
   38  ASSISTANCE, PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, AND IS SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED
   39  TO  BE  INELIGIBLE  FOR  SUCH ASSISTANCE, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, ON
   40  BEHALF OF THE STATE AND THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES  DISTRICT  SHALL  HAVE
   41  THE  AUTHORITY  TO RECOUP FROM THE INDIVIDUAL THE SUMS EXPENDED FOR SUCH
   42  ASSISTANCE DURING THE PERIOD OF PRESUMED ELIGIBILITY.
   43    2. (A) Payment for up to sixty days  of  care  for  services  provided
   44  under  the  medical  assistance  program  shall be made for an applicant
   45  presumed eligible for medical assistance pursuant to  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF
   46  subdivision  one  of  this  section provided, however, that such payment
   47  shall not exceed sixty-five percent of the rate payable under this title
   48  for services provided by a certified home health agency, long term  home
   49  health care program, hospice or residential health care facility.
   50    (B)  PAYMENT FOR UP TO NINETY DAYS OF CARE FOR SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER
   51  THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SHALL BE MADE FOR AN  APPLICANT  PRESUMED
   52  ELIGIBLE  FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CARE, SERVICES AND SUPPLIES RELATED
   53  TO THE TREATMENT OF A MENTAL ILLNESS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDI-
   54  VISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT  SUCH  PAYMENT  SHALL
   55  NOT  EXCEED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE RATE PAYABLE UNDER THIS TITLE FOR
   56  SUCH CARE, SERVICES AND SUPPLIES.
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    1    (C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no  federal  financial
    2  participation  shall  be claimed for services provided to a person while
    3  presumed eligible for medical assistance under this program  until  such
    4  person  has been determined to be eligible for medical assistance by the
    5  local  social  services  district. During the period of presumed medical
    6  assistance eligibility, payment for services provided  persons  presumed
    7  eligible  under this program shall be made from state funds.  [Upon] (I)
    8  IN THE CASE OF COSTS INCURRED FOR A PERSON  PRESUMPTIVELY  ELIGIBLE  FOR
    9  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  UNDER  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS
   10  SECTION, UPON the final determination of eligibility by the local social
   11  services district, payment shall be made for the balance of the cost  of
   12  such  care  and  services  provided to such applicant for such period of
   13  eligibility and a retroactive adjustment shall be made by the department
   14  OF HEALTH to appropriately reflect federal financial  participation  and
   15  the  local share of costs for the services provided during the period of
   16  presumptive eligibility. Such federal and local financial  participation
   17  shall  be the same as that which would have occurred if a final determi-
   18  nation of eligibility for medical assistance had been made prior to  the
   19  provision  of  the  services  provided  during the period of presumptive
   20  eligibility. In instances where an individual who is  presumed  eligible
   21  for  medical assistance is subsequently determined to be ineligible, the
   22  cost for services provided to such individual  shall  be  reimbursed  in
   23  accordance with the provisions of section three hundred sixty-eight-a of
   24  this  article. Provided, however, if upon audit the department OF HEALTH
   25  determines that there are subsequent determinations of ineligibility for
   26  medical assistance in at least fifteen percent of  the  cases  in  which
   27  presumptive  eligibility  has  been  granted  in a local social services
   28  district, payments for services provided to all persons presumed  eligi-
   29  ble  and subsequently determined ineligible for medical assistance shall
   30  be divided equally by the state and the district.
   31    (II) IN THE CASE OF COSTS INCURRED FOR A PERSON PRESUMPTIVELY ELIGIBLE
   32  FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
   33  SECTION  UPON THE FINAL DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY BY THE LOCAL SOCIAL
   34  SERVICES DISTRICT, PAYMENT SHALL BE MADE FOR THE BALANCE OF THE COST  OF
   35  SUCH  CARE  AND  SERVICES  PROVIDED TO SUCH APPLICANT FOR SUCH PERIOD OF
   36  ELIGIBILITY AND A RETROACTIVE ADJUSTMENT SHALL BE MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT
   37  OF HEALTH TO APPROPRIATELY REFLECT FEDERAL FINANCIAL  PARTICIPATION  AND
   38  THE  LOCAL SHARE OF COSTS FOR THE SERVICES PROVIDED DURING THE PERIOD OF
   39  PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY. SUCH FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION  SHALL  BE
   40  THE  SAME  AS THAT WHICH WOULD HAVE OCCURRED IF A FINAL DETERMINATION OF
   41  ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE HAD BEEN MADE PRIOR TO THE  PROVISION
   42  OF  THE  SERVICES PROVIDED DURING THE PERIOD OF PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY.
   43  THERE SHALL BE NO LOCAL SHARE IN THE COSTS OF SUCH ASSISTANCE DURING THE
   44  PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY PERIOD; PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT IF UPON AUDIT  THE
   45  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DETERMINES THAT THERE ARE SUBSEQUENT DETERMINATIONS
   46  OF  INELIGIBILITY  FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN AT LEAST FIFTEEN PERCENT OF
   47  THE CASES IN WHICH PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN GRANTED IN  A  LOCAL
   48  SOCIAL  SERVICES DISTRICT, PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO ALL PERSONS
   49  PRESUMED ELIGIBLE AND SUBSEQUENTLY  DETERMINED  INELIGIBLE  FOR  MEDICAL
   50  ASSISTANCE  SHALL  BE  REIMBURSED  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
   51  SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
   52    3. On or before March thirty-first,  [nineteen  hundred  ninety-seven]
   53  TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, the department OF HEALTH shall submit to the gover-
   54  nor  and  legislature  an  evaluation  of  the  program,  including  the
   55  program's effects on access, quality and cost of care, and any recommen-
   56  dations for future modifications to improve the program.
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    1    S 2. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 364-i of the  social  services
    2  law, as added by chapter 626 of the laws of 1987, are amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    1.  (A)  An individual, upon application for medical assistance, shall
    5  be presumed eligible for such assistance for a period of sixty days from
    6  the date of transfer from a general  hospital,  as  defined  in  section
    7  twenty-eight  hundred  one  of the public health law to a certified home
    8  health agency or long term home  health  care  program,  as  defined  in
    9  section  thirty-six  hundred  two of the public health law, if the local
   10  department of social services determines that the applicant  meets  each
   11  of  the  following  criteria: [(a)] (I) the applicant is receiving acute
   12  care in such hospital; [(b)] (II) a physician certifies that such appli-
   13  cant no longer requires acute hospital care, but still requires  medical
   14  care  which  can be provided by a certified home health agency or a long
   15  term home health care program; [(c)] (III) the applicant or  his  repre-
   16  sentative states that the applicant does not have insurance coverage for
   17  the  required  medical care and that such care cannot be afforded; [(d)]
   18  (IV) it reasonably appears that the applicant is otherwise  eligible  to
   19  receive  medical  assistance;  [(e)]  (V) it reasonably appears that the
   20  amount expended by the state and the local social services district  for
   21  medical  assistance  in a certified home health agency or long term home
   22  health care program, during the period of presumed eligibility, would be
   23  less than the amount the state and the local  social  services  district
   24  would  expend  for  continued  acute  hospital care for such person; and
   25  [(f)] (VI) such other determinative  criteria  as  the  commissioner  OF
   26  HEALTH  shall provide by rule or regulation. If a person has been deter-
   27  mined to be presumptively eligible for medical assistance,  pursuant  to
   28  this  subdivision,  and  is subsequently determined to be ineligible for
   29  such assistance, the commissioner OF HEALTH, on behalf of the state  and
   30  the  local  social  services district shall have the authority to recoup
   31  from the individual the sums expended for  such  assistance  during  the
   32  period of presumed eligibility.
   33    (B)  AN  INDIVIDUAL, UPON APPLICATION FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, SHALL BE
   34  PRESUMED ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH ASSISTANCE FOR CARE,  SERVICES  AND  SUPPLIES
   35  RELATED TO THE TREATMENT OF A MENTAL ILLNESS FOR A PERIOD OF NINETY DAYS
   36  FROM  THE  DATE OF DISCHARGE FROM A HOSPITAL, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.03
   37  OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AS DEFINED  IN  PARA-
   38  GRAPH  (A) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION TWO OF THE CORRECTION LAW OR A
   39  LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  SUBDIVISION
   40  SIXTEEN OF SECTION TWO OF THE CORRECTION LAW, IF THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF
   41  SOCIAL  SERVICES DETERMINES THAT THE APPLICANT MEETS EACH OF THE FOLLOW-
   42  ING CRITERIA: (I) THE APPLICANT IS SEVERELY  AND  PERSISTENTLY  MENTALLY
   43  ILL;  (II)  A  PHYSICIAN  CERTIFIES THAT SUCH APPLICANT REQUIRES MEDICAL
   44  CARE TO TREAT SUCH MENTAL ILLNESS; (III) THE APPLICANT OR HIS  REPRESEN-
   45  TATIVE  STATES  THAT  THE APPLICANT DOES NOT HAVE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR
   46  THE REQUIRED MEDICAL CARE AND THAT SUCH CARE CANNOT BE AFFORDED; (IV) IT
   47  REASONABLY APPEARS THAT THE APPLICANT IS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE  TO  RECEIVE
   48  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE;  (V) IT REASONABLY APPEARS THAT THE AMOUNT EXPENDED
   49  BY THE STATE AND THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT FOR MEDICAL  ASSIST-
   50  ANCE  FOR  TREATMENT  OF  A MENTAL ILLNESS DURING THE PERIOD OF PRESUMED
   51  ELIGIBILITY, WOULD BE LESS THAN THE  AMOUNT  THE  STATE  AND  THE  LOCAL
   52  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT  WOULD  EXPEND  FOR CONTINUED OR FUTURE ACUTE
   53  HOSPITAL CARE FOR SUCH PERSON; AND (VI) SUCH OTHER DETERMINATIVE  CRITE-
   54  RIA  AS  THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL PROVIDE BY RULE OR REGULATION.
   55  IF A PERSON HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE PRESUMPTIVELY ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL
   56  ASSISTANCE, PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, AND IS SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED
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    1  TO BE INELIGIBLE FOR SUCH ASSISTANCE, THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH,  ON
    2  BEHALF  OF  THE  STATE AND THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL HAVE
    3  THE AUTHORITY TO RECOUP FROM THE INDIVIDUAL THE SUMS EXPENDED  FOR  SUCH
    4  ASSISTANCE DURING THE PERIOD OF PRESUMED ELIGIBILITY.
    5    2.  (A)  Payment  for  up  to sixty days of care for services provided
    6  under the medical assistance program shall  be  made  for  an  applicant
    7  presumed  eligible  for  medical assistance pursuant to PARAGRAPH (A) OF
    8  subdivision one of this section provided,  however,  that  such  payment
    9  shall not exceed sixty-five percent of the rate payable under this title
   10  for  services  provided by a certified home health agency or a long term
   11  home health care program.
   12    (B) PAYMENT FOR UP TO NINETY DAYS OF CARE FOR SERVICES PROVIDED  UNDER
   13  THE  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SHALL BE MADE FOR AN APPLICANT PRESUMED
   14  ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CARE, SERVICES AND SUPPLIES  RELATED
   15  TO THE TREATMENT OF A MENTAL ILLNESS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDI-
   16  VISION  ONE  OF  THIS SECTION, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT SUCH PAYMENT SHALL
   17  NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE RATE PAYABLE UNDER THIS TITLE  FOR
   18  SUCH CARE, SERVICES AND SUPPLIES.
   19    (C)  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, no federal financial
   20  participation shall be claimed for services provided to a  person  while
   21  presumed  eligible  for medical assistance under this program until such
   22  person has been determined to be eligible for medical assistance by  the
   23  local  social  services  district. During the period of presumed medical
   24  assistance eligibility, payment for services provided  persons  presumed
   25  eligible  under this program shall be made from state funds.  [Upon] (I)
   26  IN THE CASE OF COSTS INCURRED FOR A PERSON  PRESUMPTIVELY  ELIGIBLE  FOR
   27  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  UNDER  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS
   28  SECTION, UPON the final determination of eligibility by the local social
   29  services district, payment shall be made for the balance of the cost  of
   30  such  care  and  services  provided to such applicant for such period of
   31  eligibility and a retroactive adjustment shall be made by the department
   32  OF HEALTH to appropriately reflect federal financial  participation  and
   33  the  local share of costs for the services provided during the period of
   34  presumptive eligibility. Such federal and local financial  participation
   35  shall  be the same as that which would have occurred if a final determi-
   36  nation of eligibility for medical assistance had been made prior to  the
   37  provision  of  the  services  provided  during the period of presumptive
   38  eligibility. In instances where an individual who is  presumed  eligible
   39  for  medical assistance is subsequently determined to be ineligible, the
   40  cost for services provided to such individual  shall  be  reimbursed  in
   41  accordance with the provisions of section three hundred sixty-eight-a of
   42  this  article. Provided, however, if upon audit the department OF HEALTH
   43  determines that there are subsequent determinations of ineligibility for
   44  medical assistance in at least fifteen percent of  the  cases  in  which
   45  presumptive  eligibility  has  been  granted  in a local social services
   46  district, payments for services provided to all persons presumed  eligi-
   47  ble  and subsequently determined ineligible for medical assistance shall
   48  be divided equally by the state and the district.
   49    (II) IN THE CASE OF COSTS INCURRED FOR A PERSON PRESUMPTIVELY ELIGIBLE
   50  FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
   51  SECTION  UPON THE FINAL DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY BY THE LOCAL SOCIAL
   52  SERVICES DISTRICT, PAYMENT SHALL BE MADE FOR THE BALANCE OF THE COST  OF
   53  SUCH  CARE  AND  SERVICES  PROVIDED TO SUCH APPLICANT FOR SUCH PERIOD OF
   54  ELIGIBILITY AND A RETROACTIVE ADJUSTMENT SHALL BE MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT
   55  OF HEALTH TO APPROPRIATELY REFLECT FEDERAL FINANCIAL  PARTICIPATION  AND
   56  THE  LOCAL SHARE OF COSTS FOR THE SERVICES PROVIDED DURING THE PERIOD OF
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    1  PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY. SUCH FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION  SHALL  BE
    2  THE  SAME  AS THAT WHICH WOULD HAVE OCCURRED IF A FINAL DETERMINATION OF
    3  ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE HAD BEEN MADE PRIOR TO THE  PROVISION
    4  OF  THE  SERVICES PROVIDED DURING THE PERIOD OF PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY.
    5  THERE SHALL BE NO LOCAL SHARE IN THE COSTS OF SUCH ASSISTANCE DURING THE
    6  PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY PERIOD; PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT IF UPON AUDIT  THE
    7  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DETERMINES THAT THERE ARE SUBSEQUENT DETERMINATIONS
    8  OF  INELIGIBILITY  FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN AT LEAST FIFTEEN PERCENT OF
    9  THE CASES IN WHICH PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN GRANTED IN  A  LOCAL
   10  SOCIAL  SERVICES DISTRICT, PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO ALL PERSONS
   11  PRESUMED ELIGIBLE AND SUBSEQUENTLY  DETERMINED  INELIGIBLE  FOR  MEDICAL
   12  ASSISTANCE  SHALL  BE  REIMBURSED  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
   13  SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
   14    3. On or before March thirty-first, [nineteen hundred eighty-nine] TWO
   15  THOUSAND TEN, the department OF HEALTH shall submit to the governor  and
   16  the  legislature  an  initial  evaluation  of  the impact of the medical
   17  assistance presumptive eligibility  program,  including  recommendations
   18  regarding  possible  modifications  and on or before March thirty-first,
   19  nineteen hundred ninety, the department shall submit to the governor and
   20  legislature a second evaluation of the program, including further recom-
   21  mendations for future modifications.
   22    S 3. Subdivision 1 of section 368-a of  the  social  services  law  is
   23  amended by adding a new paragraph (z) to read as follows:
   24    (Z)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, REIMBURSEMENT
   25  BY THE STATE FOR PAYMENTS MADE, WHETHER BY THE DEPARTMENT OF  HEALTH  ON
   26  BEHALF  OF  A  LOCAL  SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE
   27  HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN-B OF THIS  TITLE  OR  BY  A  LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICES
   28  DISTRICT  DIRECTLY,  FOR  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE FURNISHED TO AN INDIVIDUAL
   29  PRESUMED ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVI-
   30  SION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR-I OF THIS TITLE, DURING THE
   31  PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY PERIOD,  SHALL  BE  MADE  FOR  THE  FULL  AMOUNT
   32  EXPENDED FOR SUCH ASSISTANCE, AFTER FIRST DEDUCTING THEREFROM ANY FEDER-
   33  AL FUNDS PROPERLY RECEIVED OR TO BE RECEIVED ON ACCOUNT OF SUCH EXPENDI-
   34  TURE;  PROVIDED  THAT  IF UPON AUDIT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DETERMINES
   35  THAT THERE ARE SUBSEQUENT DETERMINATIONS OF  INELIGIBILITY  FOR  MEDICAL
   36  ASSISTANCE IN AT LEAST FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE CASES IN WHICH PRESUMPTIVE
   37  ELIGIBILITY  HAS  BEEN  GRANTED  IN  A  LOCAL  SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT,
   38  PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO  ALL  PERSONS  PRESUMED  ELIGIBLE  AND
   39  SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED INELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SHALL BE REIM-
   40  BURSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   41    S  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect April 1, 2010; provided that the
   42  amendments to subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section  364-i  of  the  social
   43  services  law  made  by  section one of this act shall be subject to the
   44  expiration and reversion of such section pursuant to section 2 of  chap-
   45  ter  693  of  the  laws  of  1996,  as  amended, when upon such date the
   46  provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.
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