What's happening
This bill creates a pilot program linking Onondaga County tax cuts to government consolidation and a state takeover of Medicaid costs.
Why it matters
Links state Medicaid takeover to local tax relief. By tying state assumption of Medicaid costs to Onondaga County’s adoption of government consolidation, the bill could create direct incentives for local governments to streamline and modernize, potentially resulting in significant local property tax cuts.
Tests broader state reforms in a single county. As a pilot, this program will serve as a real-world experiment for state-local cost-sharing and municipal consolidation, providing valuable data that could inform similar reforms elsewhere in New York if successful.
Creates oversight and accountability. The formation of a five-member commission—including representation from the comptroller, executive, senate, and assembly—aims to ensure that consolidation and tax reduction goals are meaningfully pursued and properly evaluated, with checks from both state and local interests.
Potential impacts on local services and governance. By incentivizing consolidation, the bill could lead to changes in how government services are delivered in Onondaga County, affecting everything from administrative jobs to service accessibility, and possibly serving as a model (or warning) for other counties.
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Cut Onondaga Property Taxes
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Assembly Member · Assembly District 127
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History
- Referred to health
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STATE OF NEW YORK
541
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to reimbursement for expenditures made by or on behalf of the county of Onondaga
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 368-a of the social services law is amended by adding a new paragraph (aa) to read as follows:
(aa) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter or any other provision of law to the contrary, reimbursement for expenditures made by or on behalf of the county of Onondaga authorized in relation to the adoption of a comprehensive municipal consolidation plan and a reduction in the county real property tax levy.
§ 2. a. The department of social welfare shall establish the Government Modernization and Medicaid Reimbursement Pilot program to reduce the property taxes in the county of Onondaga by connecting the adoption of a comprehensive consolidation plan with a state take-over of the Medicaid costs.
b. The department shall establish a five member commission to oversee the process and to determine if the goals of the program are met. Such goals shall include, but not be limited to adopting significant modernization steps and cutting the tax levy comparable to the relief brought by state takeover of Medicaid expenses.
c. The commission shall include the comptroller or his or her representative; two state and local government representatives appointed by the executive; one state and local government representative appointed by the senate and one state and local government representative appointed by the assembly.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00665-01-9
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