2023 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