Section 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