§ 364-C — National long term care channeling demonstration project

* § 364-c. National long term care channeling demonstration project.\n1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this chapter or any\nother law to the contrary, the Rensselaer county social services\ndistrict is hereby authorized to participate in the national long term\ncare channeling demonstration project, for the purposes of\ndemonstrating: (a) the efficiency and effectiveness of community based\nlong term care services; (b) the viability of transferring the\nresponsibility for determining the amount, duration and scope of\nservices to be provided from the local social services agency to the\nchanneling agency; and (c) various methods of delivering services,\nincluding services or supplies not authorized to be provided under this\ntitle; provided, however, that no such additional services or supplies\nprovided hereunder shall be subject to state reimbursement unless the\ndepartment approves provision of such services or supplies to persons\neligible for medical assistance, and federal financial participation is\navailable for such additional services or supplies; and provided\nfurther, that the social services district may only participate in such\ndemonstration in accordance with a plan submitted to the departments of\nsocial services and health, and the division of the budget, and only to\nthe extent and period for which such plan has been approved by those\ndepartments and division.\n 2. (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the\ncontrary, expenditures made in connection with the national long term\ncare channeling demonstration project for social and health services and\nmedical supplies authorized to be provided by this section and approved\nby the department, shall be subject to state reimbursement under section\nthree hundred sixty-eight-a of this title in accordance with a schedule\nof maximum reimbursable amounts approved by the department and the\ndivision of budget for such services and supplies for the project.\n (b) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary,\nthe commissioner may authorize the Rensselaer county social services\ndistrict to pay for services and supplies provided pursuant to the\ndemonstration project.\n 3. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter or any\nother law to the contrary, the commissioner may, subject to the approval\nof the director of the budget, approve such a demonstration project and\napply for appropriate waivers under federal law and regulation and may\nwaive any provision of this title or regulation of the department as may\nbe necessary to enable the social services district to participate in\nthe demonstration project, and to make medical assistance funds\navailable for such project.\n 4. The commissioner shall provide that a final evaluation be made of\nthe national long term care channeling demonstration project in\nRensselaer county approved and conducted hereunder in a form mutually\nagreed upon by such commissioner, the state commissioner of health, and\nthe director of the state office for the aging, and shall provide copies\nof such report to the governor and to the legislature. In addition, the\ndirector of the state office for the aging shall submit annual interim\nreports on the progress of the project to the governor and legislature\nby the first day of February of each year.\n * NB Expired December 31, 1985\n