Bill Text: NY S04314 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Limits the annual growth in medical assistance expenditures to 1% for the period April 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S04314 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04314-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4314
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 20, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend chapter 58 of the laws of 2005,  authorizing  reimburse-
         ments  for  expenditures  made  by  or  on  behalf  of social services
         districts for medical assistance for needy persons  and  the  adminis-
         tration thereof, in relation to the administrative cap on such program
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision (c-1) of section 1 of part C of chapter  58  of
    2  the laws of 2005, authorizing reimbursements for expenditures made by or
    3  on  behalf of social services districts for medical assistance for needy
    4  persons and the administration thereof, as added by section 1 of part  F
    5  of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
    6    (c-1)  Notwithstanding  any  provisions  of  subdivision  (c)  of this
    7  section to the contrary, [effective  April  1,  2013,]  for  the  period
    8  [January]  APRIL 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 and for each calendar
    9  year thereafter, the  medical  assistance  expenditure  amount  for  the
   10  social  services district for such period shall be equal to the previous
   11  calendar year's medical assistance expenditure amount, except that[:
   12    (1)] for the period [January] APRIL 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013,
   13  the previous calendar year medical assistance expenditure amount will be
   14  increased by [2%;
   15    (2) for the period January 1, 2014  through  December  31,  2014,  the
   16  previous  calendar  year  medical  assistance expenditure amount will be
   17  increased by] 1%.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
   19  manner  as  section  1 of part F of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012 takes
   20  effect.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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