NY Soc Serv L § 364-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 11 - Medical Assistance for Needy Persons 364-C - National Long Term Care Channeling Demonstration Project.

*  §  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