S 1940: Requires enhanced federal medical assistance percentage funds be directly shared with the counties and the city of New York; requires the comptroller examine and audit all funds received from the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage and the distributions made to counties and the city of New York.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1940 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. WEBER, ASHBY, BORRELLO, GALLIVAN, GRIFFO, HELMING, MARTINS, MATTERA, MURRAY, OBERACKER, O'MARA, PALUMBO, RHOADS, ROLISON, STEC, TEDISCO, WALCZYK, WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law and the state finance law, in relation to requiring enhanced federal medical assistance percentage funds be directly shared with the counties and the city of New York The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 363-a of the social services law, 2 as amended by chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 4. The department of taxation and finance shall accept and receive any 5 and all grants of money awarded to the state under title XIX, or any 6 successor title, of the federal social security act. All moneys so 7 received shall be deposited by the department of taxation and finance in 8 a special fund or funds and shall be used by the state exclusively for 9 medical assistance and the administration thereof under the provisions 10 of this title. Such moneys shall be paid from such fund or funds on 11 audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers of or certification by 12 the department of health. Any and all grants of enhanced federal medical 13 assistance percentage funds awarded to the state shall be directly 14 distributed to the counties and the city of New York proportionate to 15 the county and city of New York share of the non-federal share of 16 medical assistance. 17 § 2. Section 8 of the state finance law is amended by adding a new 18 subdivision 21 to read as follows: 19 21. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, examine and 20 audit all funds received from the enhanced federal medical assistance 21 percentage and the distributions made to counties and the city of New 22 York, and identify whether the distribution of enhanced federal medical EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03460-01-5 
 S. 1940 2 1 assistance percentage funds was proportional to the portion of each 2 county's share and the city of New York's share of the non-federal share 3 of medical assistance. Upon thorough examination, audit, and identifi- 4 cation of proportionality of distributions, make a report to the legis- 5 lature containing said findings prior to the convening of its annual 6 session. 7 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.