S3424-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO HEALTH
• Feb 22, 2011: REFERRED TO HEALTH

S3424-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3424

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the social services law, in relation to reimbursement for
medicaid services required by state law

PURPOSE:
This bill would require that the state will pay one hundred
percent of the non-federal share of costs for Medicaid services that
are not required to be provided under federal law.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 - adds a new paragraph (aa)
to subdivision 1 of section 368-a of the Social Services Law to
provide that notwithstanding any inconsistent law to the contrary,
the Department of Health shall pay one hundred percent of the
non-federal share for medical services (Medicaid) required by state
law but not required to be provided by Federal Law.

Section 2 - Effective date.

CURRENT LAW:
Currently, costs for Medicaid services that are not
reimbursed by the federal government are shared in varying
percentages between the state and county governments.

JUSTIFICATION:
The primary funding mechanisms for county governments,
sales taxes and real property taxes, were never designed or expected
to fund both local services and a federal and state mandated medical
services program. At the Medicaid program has grown, with the active
assistance of the state in mandating almost every optional service
that may be available under the Federal Medicaid program, real
property values and economic activity have remained stagnant
throughout the state, and particularly throughout the upstate region.
Upstate property owners face some of the highest real property tax
rates in the country, with tax rates going higher every year. At the
same time, wages and job opportunities continue to disappear. The
burden of federally mandated services is difficult enough for
counties to bear, and it is important to note that New York is one of
only a handful of states that requires local government pay any
portion of Medicaid costs. If the state wishes to provide an optional
service, it is time for the state to pay for that service.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2010 - S.3522 -- HEALTH

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S3424-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         3424
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 February 22, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RANZENHOFER, GOLDEN, LARKIN, SALAND -- read twice
 and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
 on Health
 

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  reimbursement
 for medicaid services required by state law
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 368-a of the social  services  law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (aa) to read as follows:

 (AA)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRA
 RY, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH  SHALL  PAY  ONE  HUNDRED  PERCENT  OF  THE
 NON-FEDERAL  SHARE  OF ANY PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED
 BY APPLICABLE STATE LAW, BUT NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY FEDERAL LAW.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02581-01-1

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