§ 4003 — Annual tuition and maintenance reimbursement procedures

§ 4003. Annual tuition and maintenance reimbursement procedures. 1.\nThe commissioner of education, the commissioner of social services, and,\nwhen appropriate, the commissioner of mental health shall develop\nreimbursement methodologies for the tuition and maintenance components\nof child care institutions and special act school districts. The\ncommissioner of education, in consultation with the appropriate state\nagencies and departments, shall have responsibility for developing a\nreimbursement methodology for tuition which shall be based upon\nappropriate educational standards promulgated pursuant to regulations of\nthe commissioner of education. The commissioner of social services,\nexcept for institutions for which the state health department or the\noffice of mental health establishes maintenance rates, in consultation\nwith appropriate state agencies and departments, shall have\nresponsibility for developing a reimbursement methodology for\nmaintenance, pursuant to section three hundred ninety-eight-a of the\nsocial services law and the regulations promulgated thereunder.\n 2. The director of the budget, in consultation with the commissioner\nof education, the commissioner of social services, the commissioner of\nhealth, the commissioner of mental health, and any other state agency or\nother source he may deem appropriate, shall approve reimbursement\nmethodologies for tuition and maintenance. Any modification in any such\nmethodology which has previously been approved shall be subject to the\napproval of the director of the budget.\n 3. Effective upon final approval by the director of the budget of\nreimbursement methodologies for both tuition and maintenance, the\ncommissioner of education shall annually determine a tuition rate in\nconformance with this section for each special act school district or\nprivate school operated by a child care institution.\n 4. Effective upon final approval by the director of the budget of the\nreimbursement methodologies for both tuition and maintenance, the\ncommissioner of social services shall annually determine a maintenance\nrate and a medical services rate for each child care institution in\naccordance with this section and regulations of the commissioner of\nsocial services.\n 5. All reimbursement rates determined pursuant to this section shall\nbe effective for the period July first through June thirtieth. Rates for\nthe following year shall be submitted no later than April fifteenth to\nthe director of the budget. The director of the budget shall act upon\nsuch rates within forty-five days of submission. Such rates shall not\nbecome effective until approved by the director of the budget. In the\nevent that the rates are approved after July first, then such rates\nshall be deemed to apply retroactively to such date.\n 6. All reimbursements shall be subject to adjustment and final\ndetermination upon field audit conducted by the comptroller, the state\neducation department, the department of social services or any agent\nthereof.\n 7. The commissioner of education, the commissioner of social services\nand the director of the budget, in consultation with other appropriate\nstate agencies and departments, shall enter into an interagency\nagreement to assure effective implementation of the provisions of this\nsection. The agreement shall provide for, but not be limited to, the\ndevelopment of common accounting practices and audit procedures, common\ninformation and budget forms, coordinated financial and other reporting\nrequirements for child care institutions, mechanisms for resolving\nappeals of rates established pursuant to this section and mechanisms to\nevaluate and recommend modification to reimbursement methodologies.\n