N.Y. Social Services Law § 367-s*2: Emergency medical transportation services

* § 367-s. Emergency medical transportation services. 1.

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a supplemental

medical assistance payment shall be made on an annual basis to providers

of emergency medical transportation services in an aggregate amount not

to exceed four million dollars for two thousand six, six million dollars

for two thousand seven, six million dollars for two thousand eight, six

million dollars for the period May first, two thousand fourteen through

March thirty-first, two thousand fifteen, and six million dollars

annually beginning with the period April first, two thousand fifteen

through March thirty-first, two thousand sixteen pursuant to the

following methodology:

(a) For each emergency medical transportation services provider that

receives medical assistance reimbursement processed through the state

Medicaid payment system, the department of health shall determine the

ratio of such provider's state-processed reimbursement to the total such

reimbursement made during each quarter of the applicable calendar year,

expressed as a percentage;

(b) For each such provider, the department of health shall multiply

the percentage obtained pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision by

one-quarter of the applicable aggregate amount specified in the opening

paragraph of this subdivision. The result of such calculation shall

represent the "emergency medical transportation service supplemental

payment" and shall be paid expeditiously to such provider on a quarterly

basis;

2. The amount disbursed to emergency medical transportation services

providers whose area of operation is within the city of New York will be

twenty-five percent of the applicable aggregate amount, with the

remaining seventy-five percent to be disbursed to all other emergency

medical transportation services providers.

3. If all necessary approvals under federal law and regulation are not

obtained to receive federal financial participation in the payments

authorized by this section, payments under this section shall be made in

an aggregate amount not to exceed two million dollars for two thousand

six, three million dollars for two thousand seven, three million dollars

for two thousand eight, three million dollars for the period May first,

two thousand fourteen through March thirty-first, two thousand fifteen,

and three million dollars annually beginning with the period April

first, two thousand fifteen through March thirty-first, two thousand

sixteen. In such case, the multiplier set forth in paragraph (b) of

subdivision one of this section shall be deemed to be two million

dollars or three million dollars as applicable to the annual period.

4. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section three

hundred sixty-eight-a of this title, or of any other law, to the

contrary, the department of health shall pay one hundred per centum of

the non-federal share of any payments made pursuant to this section.

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