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A02705 Summary:

BILL NOA02705 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04801

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SPONSORGonzalez-Rojas

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COSPNSRSeawright, Hevesi, Valdez, Glick, Simon, Reyes, Epstein, Bores, Davila

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §605, Pub Health L

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Relates to the amount of state aid reimbursement for public health services by a municipality in the city of New York when the municipality is providing some or all of certain identified core public health services.

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BILL NOA02705 

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01/22/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2705

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to state aid
 reimbursement for public health services provided by a municipality in
 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 2 of section 605 of the public health law, as
 2 amended by section 2 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2022, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 2. State aid reimbursement for public health services provided by a
 5 municipality under this title, shall be made if the municipality is
 6 providing some or all of the core public health services identified in
 7 section six hundred two of this title, pursuant to an approved applica-
 8 tion for state aid, at a rate of no less than thirty-six per centum[,
 9 except for the city of New York which shall receive no less than twenty
 10 per centum,] of the difference between the amount of moneys expended by
 11 the municipality for public health services required by section six
 12 hundred two of this title during the fiscal year and the base grant
 13 provided pursuant to subdivision one of this section. Provided, howev-
 14 er, that a municipality's documented fringe benefit costs submitted
 15 under an application for state aid and otherwise eligible for reimburse-
 16 ment under this article shall not exceed fifty per centum of the munici-
 17 pality's eligible personnel services. No such reimbursement shall be
 18 provided for services that are not eligible for state aid pursuant to
 19 this article.
 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06284-01-5

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