N.Y. Social Services Law 363-C – Medicaid management
§ 363-c. Medicaid management. 1. The commissioner of the department periodically shall convene, but not less than quarterly and no more than monthly, meetings of the directors and commissioners of all state agencies and departments receiving general fund appropriations for the purpose of state matching funds for medicaid services and appropriate representation of local departments of social services. The purpose of these meetings is to identify, without limitation:
Terms Used In N.Y. Social Services Law 363-C
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
(a) methods to contain the growth of medicaid spending;
(b) methods to improve the quality of and recipient satisfaction with medicaid state agency and department services;
(c) opportunities for consolidation and methods to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of existing service delivery;
(d) opportunities for education and prevention; and
(e) the collective priority of critical needs for the medicaid population.
2. The department annually shall compile the results of these meetings and provide them to the governor, the senate finance committee, the assembly ways and means committee, the senate health committee, the assembly health committee, the senate social services, children and families committee, and the assembly social services committee.
3. By December thirty-first of each year, the department shall submit to the governor, the senate finance committee, the assembly ways and means committee, the senate health committee, the assembly health committee, the senate social services, children and families committee, and the assembly social services committee medicaid expenditures made to other state agencies in the preceding state fiscal year. The report shall include, but is not limited to:
(a) amounts paid to each agency according to category of service; and
(b) rates paid to each state agency and the associated methodology used in developing those rates.
* 4. Notwithstanding any laws or regulations to the contrary, all social services districts, providers and other recipients of medical assistance program funds shall make available to the commissioner or the director of the division of budget in a prompt fashion all fiscal and statistical records and reports, other contemporaneous records demonstrating their right to receive payment, and all underlying books, records, documentation and reports, which may be requested by the commissioner or the director of the division of the budget as may be determined necessary to manage and oversee the Medicaid program provided however, any personally identifying information obtained pursuant to this subdivision shall remain confidential and shall be used solely for the purposes of this subdivision.
* NB Repealed April 3, 2025