Section 368-A. State reimbursement  


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  • 1.  The  department shall review the
      expenditures made by social services districts  for  medical  assistance
      for  needy  persons,  and  the  administration  thereof,  before  making
      reimbursement. Before approving such expenditures for reimbursement, the
      department shall give due consideration to the results  of  the  reviews
      and audits conducted by the department of health pursuant to subdivision
      two  of section three hundred sixty-four. If approved by the department,
      such expenditures shall not be subject to  reimbursement  by  the  state
      pursuant  to  section  one  hundred fifty-three or any provision of this
      chapter other than this section, but shall be subject  to  reimbursement
      by  the state in accordance with this section and the regulations of the
      department, as follows:
        There shall be paid to each such district
        (a) the amount of federal funds, if any, properly received  or  to  be
      received on account of such expenditures;
        (b)  the  full amount expended on behalf of the department for medical
      assistance furnished under this title  to  eligible  patients  in  state
      institutions  for  the mentally disabled, in facilities or parts thereof
      for the care and treatment of drug dependent persons  operated  pursuant
      to the mental hygiene law and in other hospitals while such patients are
      on release from an institution in the state department of mental hygiene
      or  from  a  drug  abuse  treatment facility or part thereof operated in
      compliance with applicable provisions of law and supervised by the state
      division of substance abuse services, to  eligible  veterans  and  their
      dependents  in  that  part  of  the New York state home for veterans and
      their dependents at Oxford that has been approved pursuant to law  as  a
      nursing  home  and in a hospital while on release from that home for the
      purpose of receiving care in such hospital, in that  part  of  a  public
      institution operated for the care of the mentally disabled that has been
      approved  pursuant  to law as an intermediate care facility, to eligible
      veterans and their dependents in that part of the New  York  state  home
      for  veterans  and  their  dependents  at  Oxford that has been approved
      pursuant to law as an intermediate care facility and in a hospital while
      on release from such intermediate care facilities  for  the  purpose  of
      receiving  care  in  such  hospital, and for the administration thereof,
      after first deducting therefrom any federal funds properly  received  or
      to be received on account thereof;
        (c)  the  full  amount expended for medical assistance furnished under
      this title to eligible Indians and members of their families residing on
      any Indian  reservation  in  this  state,  and  for  the  administration
      thereof,  after  first  deducting  therefrom  any federal funds properly
      received or to be received on account thereof;
        (d) fifty per centum of the amount  expended  for  medical  assistance
      furnished  under  this  title  to  other  eligible  persons, and for the
      administration thereof, after  first  deducting  therefrom  any  federal
      funds properly received or to be received on account thereof.
        (e)  one  hundred percentum of the amount expended for the development
      of medical assistance data systems, after first deducting therefrom  any
      federal  funds  properly  received or to be received on account thereof.
      Such reimbursement shall be available  only  to  the  extent  that  such
      projects  have  received  federal approval and to the extent that claims
      for ninety percent federal aid have been approved.
        (f) The full amount expended on behalf of the department  for  medical
      assistance furnished to persons described in subdivision five of section
      three  hundred  sixty-five of this article, including the administration
      thereof, after first deducting  therefrom  any  federal  funds  properly
      received or to be received on account of such expenditures.
    
        (g)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, reimbursement for the
      following services: care, treatment, maintenance and nursing services in
      nursing homes and health related care and services in intermediate  care
      facilities  provided in accordance with paragraph (b) of subdivision two
      of  section  three  hundred  sixty-five-a  of  this  title;  home health
      services provided in accordance with paragraph (d) of subdivision two of
      section three hundred sixty-five-a of this title; personal care services
      provided in accordance with paragraph (e) of subdivision two of  section
      three  hundred  sixty-five-a  of  this title; long term home health care
      programs services provided in  accordance  with  section  three  hundred
      sixty-seven-c  of  this title; and nursing home transition and diversion
      services provided in accordance with subdivision six-a of section  three
      hundred sixty-six of this title shall be made as follows:
        (i)  for services provided on or after January first, nineteen hundred
      eighty-four through December thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-four,
      seventy-two per centum after first deducting therefrom any federal funds
      properly received or to be received on account thereof;
        (ii) for services provided on or after January first, nineteen hundred
      eighty-five through December thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-five,
      seventy-six per centum after first deducting therefrom any federal funds
      properly received or to be received on account thereof; and
        (iii) for services  provided  on  or  after  January  first,  nineteen
      hundred   eighty-six   through   March  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred
      ninety-four, eighty per  centum  after  first  deducting  therefrom  any
      federal funds properly received or to be received on account thereof;
        (iv)  for  services provided on or after April first, nineteen hundred
      ninety-four eighty-one  and  two  hundred  thirty-five  thousandths  per
      centum  after  first  deducting  therefrom  any  federal  funds properly
      received or to be received on account thereof.
        (h) (i) Beginning January first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-four,  one
      hundred  per  centum  of  the amount expended for medical assistance for
      those individuals who are eligible pursuant  to  section  three  hundred
      sixty-six  of  this  article  as  a  result  of  a  mental disability as
      determined by the commissioner in consultation with the commissioner  of
      the office of mental health and the commissioner of the office of mental
      retardation  and developmental disabilities and with the approval of the
      director of the budget after first deducting therefrom any federal funds
      properly received or to be received on account thereof.
        (ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to  the  contrary,  on
      and  after  the  effective  date of this subparagraph, the department of
      health shall make no further recovery or recoupment of monies that  were
      advanced  to  local  social  services  districts, during the period from
      April first, nineteen hundred ninety-two to the effective date  of  this
      subparagraph,  to  cover  the  medical assistance costs pursuant to this
      paragraph  for  rehabilitative  services  for  residents  of   community
      residences  licensed  or  operated by the office of mental health or for
      office of mental retardation and  developmental  disabilities  home  and
      community based waiver services.
        (i)  The  full amount expended on behalf of the department for medical
      assistance furnished  to  persons  described  in  subdivision  eight  of
      section   three  hundred  sixty-five  of  this  article,  including  the
      administration thereof, after  first  deducting  therefrom  any  federal
      funds properly received or to be received on account thereof.
        (j)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law, but in conjunction
      with the provisions of paragraph (g) of subdivision one of this section,
      reimbursement for the  care  and  services  provided  to  those  persons
      eligible  pursuant to subparagraph seven of paragraph (a) of subdivision
      one  of  section  three  hundred  sixty-six  of  this  title  shall   be
    
      seventy-five  per  centum  after  first  deducting therefrom any federal
      funds properly received or to be received on account thereof.
        (k)  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, reimbursement by the
      state for payments made, whether by the department on behalf of a social
      services district pursuant to section  three  hundred  sixty-seven-b  of
      this   article  or  by  a  social  services  district  directly,  for  a
      supplementary bad debt and charity care adjustment component of rates of
      payment determined in accordance with subdivision fourteen-a of  section
      twenty-eight  hundred  seven-c  of  the  public  health  law for general
      hospital  inpatient  hospital  services  provided  in  accordance   with
      paragraph  (b)  of subdivision two of section three hundred sixty-five-a
      of this article shall be limited to the amount of federal funds properly
      received or to be received on account of  such  expenditures;  provided,
      however,  that  reimbursement  shall  be  made by the state for the full
      amount expended for a supplementary bad debt and charity care adjustment
      for a general hospital operated by the state of New York or by the state
      university of New York, after  first  deducting  therefrom  any  federal
      funds   properly   received  or  to  be  received  on  account  of  such
      expenditure.
        (l) Effective January first, nineteen hundred ninety, one hundred  per
      centum   of  the  amount  expended  for  medical  assistance  for  those
      individuals who are eligible pursuant  to  paragraphs  (n)  and  (o)  of
      subdivision  four  of  section  three  hundred sixty-six of this article
      after first deducting therefrom any federal funds properly  received  or
      to be received on account thereof.
        (m)  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, reimbursement by the
      state for payments made, whether by the department on behalf of a social
      services district pursuant to section  three  hundred  sixty-seven-b  of
      this   article  or  by  a  social  services  district  directly,  for  a
      supplementary low  income  patient  adjustment  component  of  rates  of
      payment  for  a  public  general  hospital determined in accordance with
      subdivision fourteen-d of section twenty-eight hundred  seven-c  of  the
      public  health  law  for  general  hospital  inpatient hospital services
      provided in accordance with paragraph (b) of subdivision two of  section
      three  hundred  sixty-five-a  of  this  article  shall be limited to the
      amount of federal funds properly received or to be received  on  account
      of  such  expenditures;  provided,  however, that reimbursement shall be
      made by the state for the full amount expended for a  supplementary  low
      income  patient  adjustment for a general hospital operated by the state
      of New York or  by  the  state  university  of  New  York,  after  first
      deducting  therefrom  any  federal  funds  properly  received  or  to be
      received on account of such expenditure.
        (n) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  law,  reimbursement
      for  the  amount  expended  for  medical assistance furnished under this
      title to eligible persons pursuant to a statewide managed care  plan  or
      managed  care  demonstration program, or to eligible persons enrolled in
      any health maintenance organization or other entity authorized by law to
      furnish comprehensive health services  pursuant  to  a  plan,  shall  be
      reimbursed,  after  first deducting therefrom any federal funds properly
      received or to be received on account thereof, in  accordance  with  the
      following  schedule:  (i)  for  services  provided  for the period April
      first, nineteen hundred  ninety-four  to  March  thirty-first,  nineteen
      hundred   ninety-nine,   fifty-three   and  eight  hundred  seventy-five
      ten-thousandths percent thereof; and (ii) for services provided for  the
      period  April first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine to March thirty-first,
      two thousand three, fifty percent thereof.
        (o) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, reimbursement  by  the
      state for payments made, whether by the department on behalf of a social
    
      services  district  pursuant  to  section three hundred sixty-seven-b of
      this article  or  by  a  social  services  district  directly,  for  the
      component  of  rates  of  payment  for  a general hospital determined in
      accordance   with   paragraph  (s)  of  subdivision  eleven  of  section
      twenty-eight hundred seven-c  of  the  public  health  law  for  general
      hospital   inpatient  hospital  services  provided  in  accordance  with
      paragraph (b) of subdivision two of section three  hundred  sixty-five-a
      of  this  article shall be one hundred per centum of the amount expended
      for medical assistance, after  first  deducting  therefrom  any  federal
      funds   properly   received  or  to  be  received  on  account  of  such
      expenditure.
        (p) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, reimbursement  by  the
      state for payments made, whether by the department on behalf of a social
      services  district  pursuant  to  section three hundred sixty-seven-b of
      this article or by a social services district  directly,  for  a  public
      general  hospital  indigent care adjustment payment for a public general
      hospital determined in accordance with subdivision fourteen-f of section
      twenty-eight hundred seven-c  of  the  public  health  law  for  general
      hospital   inpatient  hospital  services  provided  in  accordance  with
      paragraph (b) of subdivision two of section three  hundred  sixty-five-a
      of this article shall be limited to the amount of federal funds properly
      received  or  to  be received on account of such expenditures; provided,
      however, that reimbursement shall be made by  the  state  for  the  full
      amount  expended  for a public general hospital indigent care adjustment
      for a general hospital operated by the state of New York or by the state
      university of New York, after  first  deducting  therefrom  any  federal
      funds   properly   received  or  to  be  received  on  account  of  such
      expenditure.
        * (q) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  this  chapter  or
      any other provision of law to the contrary, reimbursement for the amount
      expended  for  medical assistance furnished under this title to eligible
      persons for services provided by a managed long term care plan, shall be
      based upon a  uniform  average  of  expenditures  reflecting  a  mix  of
      primary,  acute  and  long  term care services. Such uniform average, or
      averages, will be determined by the commissioner  of  health  and  shall
      reflect  the  mix  of  services  as  applied  to  the amounts calculated
      pursuant to applicable paragraphs (g) and (n) of this subdivision, after
      first deducting therefrom any federal funds properly received or  to  be
      received on account of such expenditure.
        * NB Repealed December 31, 2015
        * (r) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, reimbursement by the
      state  for  payments made, whether by the department of health on behalf
      of  a  social  services  district  pursuant  to  section  three  hundred
      sixty-seven-b  of  this title or by a social services district directly,
      for  medical  assistance  furnished  pursuant  to  the   provisions   of
      subparagraph  one  of paragraph (q) of subdivision four of section three
      hundred sixty-six of this title to children born on or before  September
      thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-three,  shall be made for the full
      amount expended for such children, after first deducting  therefrom  any
      federal  funds  properly  received  or to be received on account of such
      expenditure.
        * NB Expired April 1, 2005
        * (s) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, reimbursement by the
      state for payments made, whether by the department of health  on  behalf
      of  a  social  services  district  pursuant  to  section  three  hundred
      sixty-seven-b of this title or by a social services  district  directly,
      for   medical   assistance  furnished  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
      subparagraph one of paragraph (t) of subdivision four of  section  three
    
      hundred  sixty-six of this title to children, shall be made for the full
      amount expended for such children, after first deducting  therefrom  any
      federal  funds  properly  received  or to be received on account of such
      expenditure.
        * NB Expired April 1, 2005
        (t)  (i) for services provided on or after January first, two thousand
      three through December thirty-first, two thousand four, fifty percent of
      the amount expended for health care services under section three hundred
      sixty-nine-ee of this  article,  after  first  deducting  therefrom  any
      federal funds properly received or to be received on account thereof;
        (ii)  for  services  provided  on or after January first, two thousand
      five, through  September  thirtieth,  two  thousand  five,  seventy-five
      percent  of  the  amount expended for health care services under section
      three hundred sixty-nine-ee  of  this  article,  after  first  deducting
      therefrom  any  federal  funds  properly  received  or to be received on
      account thereof;
        (iii) for services provided on or after October  first,  two  thousand
      five,  through  December  thirty-first,  two thousand five, seventy-five
      percent  of  the  amount  expended  by  the  social  services   district
      consisting  of  the  city  of  New  York, and one hundred percent of the
      amount expended by all other social services districts, for health  care
      services  under  section  three  hundred  sixty-nine-ee of this article,
      after first deducting therefrom any federal funds properly  received  or
      to be received on account thereof; and
        (iv) for services provided on or after January first, two thousand six
      through  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand six, and thereafter, one
      hundred percent of the amount expended for health  care  services  under
      section  three  hundred  sixty-nine-ee  of  this  article,  after  first
      deducting therefrom  any  federal  funds  properly  received  or  to  be
      received on account thereof.
        (u)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  the full amount
      expended for family  planning  services  provided  to  eligible  persons
      pursuant  to  subparagraph eleven of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of
      section three hundred sixty-six of this  title,  after  first  deducting
      therefrom  federal  funds properly received or to be received on account
      of such expenditures.
        (v)  One  hundred  per  centum  of  the  amount   expended   for   the
      administration of medical assistance furnished pursuant to subparagraphs
      twelve and thirteen of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section three
      hundred sixty-six of this title, after first deducting any federal funds
      properly received or to be received on account of such expenditures.
        (w)   One   hundred   per  centum  of  the  amount  expended  for  the
      administration of medical assistance furnished pursuant to paragraph (v)
      of subdivision four of section three hundred sixty-six  of  this  title,
      after  first  deducting  any  federal  funds  properly received or to be
      received on account of such expenditures.
        (x) One hundred  percent  of  the  amount  expended  for  health  care
      services  as  determined in accordance with paragraph (c) of subdivision
      ten of section twenty-eight hundred seven-d of the  public  health  law,
      after  first  deducting therefrom any federal funds properly received or
      to be received on account thereof.
        (y) One hundred  percent  of  the  amount  expended  for  health  care
      services as determined in accordance with paragraph (v-1) of subdivision
      four  of  section  three  hundred  sixty-six  of this title, after first
      deducting therefrom  any  federal  funds  properly  received  or  to  be
      received on account thereof.
        (z)  One  hundred  percent  of  the  amount  expended  for health care
      services described in sections three  hundred  sixty-eight-d  and  three
    
      hundred sixty-eight-e of this title, after first deducting therefrom any
      federal funds properly received or to be received on account thereof.
        2.  (a)  For  the  purpose  of  state  reimbursement under this title,
      expenditures for administration of medical assistance for needy  persons
      shall  include  expenditures  for salaries of employees of local welfare
      departments, except for those  excluded  under  paragraph  (b)  of  this
      subdivision;  operation,  maintenance  and service costs; and such other
      expenditures, such as equipment costs, depreciation charges, and  rental
      values,  as  may  be  approved  by  the department. It shall not include
      expenditures for capital additions or improvements.
        (b) State reimbursement shall not be made for any part of  the  salary
      of  a social services official, or a chief executive officer of a social
      services department, whose qualifications do not conform to those  fixed
      by  the  department,  or  a city or town service officer; nor shall such
      reimbursement be made on the salary of a deputy commissioner, or  deputy
      director  or  an  employee,  unless  his employment is necessary for the
      administration of medical assistance and his qualifications  conform  to
      those fixed by the department.
        (c)  State  reimbursement shall not be made for any part of the salary
      of a local medical director appointed after the effective date  of  this
      act whose qualifications do not conform to those established pursuant to
      section three hundred sixty-four of this title.
        (d)  State reimbursement shall not be made for any part of the cost of
      those items of care, services, supplies and equipment, and  drugs  which
      represent  co-payment amounts for which a provider of medical assistance
      is authorized to charge a recipient in accordance with  subdivision  six
      of section three hundred sixty-seven-a of this article.
        * 3.  For  the  purpose  of  state  reimbursement  for  personal  care
      services, such reimbursement to a  social  services  district  shall  be
      limited  to expenditures for such district's allocation of the statewide
      need for personal care  services,  pursuant  to  section  three  hundred
      sixty-seven-d of this chapter.
        * NB Expired March 31, 1985
        3.  (a)  Claims for state reimbursement shall be made in such form and
      manner and at such times and for such periods as  the  department  shall
      determine.
        (b)  When  certified  by  the department, state reimbursement shall be
      paid from  the  state  treasury  upon  the  audit  and  warrant  of  the
      comptroller out of funds made available therefor.
        (c) When the moneys allotted to the state by the federal department of
      health, education and welfare or other authorized federal agency for any
      quarter  shall  have  been  received  by  the department of taxation and
      finance, the department shall, as  soon  as  possible,  certify  to  the
      comptroller the amount to which each public welfare district is entitled
      for such quarter and such amount shall be paid out of the state treasury
      after  audit  by  the  comptroller  to  the  respective  public  welfare
      districts.
        (d) The department is authorized in its discretion to make advances to
      public welfare districts in  anticipation  of  the  state  reimbursement
      provided for in this section.
        4.  Payment  of  state reimbursement and advances shall be made to the
      fiscal officer of the public welfare district entitled thereto  pursuant
      to the provisions of this chapter.