5/20/09 N.Y. St. Reg. Miscellaneous Notices/Hearings
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXXI, ISSUE 20
May 20, 2009
MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES/HEARINGS
Notice of Abandoned Property Received by the State Comptroller
Pursuant to provisions of the Abandoned Property Law and related laws, the Office of the State Comptroller receives unclaimed monies and other property deemed abandoned. A list of the names and last known addresses of the entitled owners of this abandoned property is maintained by the office in accordance with Section 1401 of the Abandoned Property Law. Interested parties may inquire if they appear on the Abandoned Property Listing by contacting the Office of Unclaimed Funds, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at:
1-800-221-9311 or visit our web site at: www.osc.state.ny.us
Claims for abandoned property must be filed with the New York State Comptroller's Office of Unclaimed Funds as provided in Section 1406 of the Abandoned Property Law. For further information contact: Office of the State Comptroller, Office of Unclaimed Funds, 110 State St., Albany, NY 12236.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Department of Health
Pursuant to 42 CFR Section 447.205, the Department of Health hereby gives public notice of the following:
The Department of Health proposes to amend the Title XIX (Medicaid) State Plan for hospital services to comply with recently enacted statutory provisions. The following is proposed:
Inpatient Hospital Services
Effective for the periods on and after December 1, 2009, if the Commissioner of Health determines that federal financial participation will not be available for funds to facilitate improvements in operations and finance for non-public general hospitals with a Medicaid percentage of 2007 discharges which is equal to or greater than 17.5%, the methodology for allocation of such funds will be changed. In lieu of a formula based distribution in which an eligible hospital's reduction in Medicaid inpatient revenue as the result of authorized inpatient rate rebasing and adjustments exceeds a percentage as determined by the Commissioner, the Commissioner may alternatively allocate funds proportionally, based on each eligible hospital's relative share of Medicaid inpatient discharges for the year two years prior to the rate year. The funds will continue to be paid as additional adjustments to the inpatient rates for the eligible hospitals.
As the result of this proposed change in allocation methodology, there is no change in the gross Medicaid expenditures from the previously accounted for expenditures related to this initiative for state fiscal year 2009/2010.
Copies of the proposed state plan amendments will be on file in each local (county) social services district and available for public review.
For the New York City district, copies will be available at the following places:
New York County 250 Church Street New York, New York 10018
Queens County, Queens Center 3220 Northern Boulevard Long Island City, New York 11101
Kings County, Fulton Center 114 Willoughby Street Brooklyn, New York 11201
Bronx County, Tremont Center 1916 Monterey Avenue Bronx, New York 10457
Richmond County, Richmond Center 95 Central Avenue, St. George Staten Island, New York 10301
The public is invited to review and comment on this proposed state plan amendment.
For further information and to review and comment, please contact: Philip N. Mossman, Department of Health, Bureau of HCRA Operations & Financial Analysis, Corning Tower Building, Rm. 984, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237, (518) 474-1673, (518) 473-8825 (FAX), PNM01@health.state.ny.us
PUBLIC NOTICE
Department of Health
Pursuant to 42 CFR Section 447.205, the Department of Health hereby gives public notice of the following:
The Department of Health proposes to amend the Title XIX (Medicaid) State Plan for inpatient hospital, long term care and non-institutional services to comply with recently enacted statutory provisions. The following significant changes are proposed:
Inpatient Hospital Services
Effective immediately, case based rates of payment for non-public, not-for-profit general hospitals which have not published an ancillary charges schedule will have their inlier payments increased by an amount equal to the statewide average of cost outlier payments for comparable hospitals or by a methodology that uses a statewide or regional ratio of cost to charges applied to statewide or regional comparable charges for those cases determined by the Commissioner.
As the result of this proposed change in allocation methodology, the maximum amount of additional Medicaid expenditures for state fiscal year 2009/2010 would be $3.5 million.
Copies of the proposed state plan amendments will be on file in each local (county) social services district and available for public review.
For the New York City district, copies will be available at the following places:
New York County 250 Church Street New York, New York 10018
Queens County, Queens Center 3220 Northern Boulevard Long Island City, New York 11101
Kings County, Fulton Center 114 Willoughby Street Brooklyn, New York 11201
Bronx County, Tremont Center 1916 Monterey Avenue Bronx, New York 10457
Richmond County, Richmond Center 95 Central Avenue, St. George Staten Island, New York 10301
The public is invited to review and comment on this proposed state plan amendment.
For further information and to review and comment, please contact: Philip N. Mossman, Department of Health, Bureau of HCRA Operations & Financial Analysis, Corning Tower Building, Rm. 984, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237, (518) 474-1673, (518) 473-8825 (FAX), PNM01@health.state.ny.us
PUBLIC NOTICE
Department of Health
Pursuant to 42 CFR Section 457.65, the Department of Health hereby gives notice of the following:
The Department of Health proposes to amend the Title XXI (State Child Health Insurance Program) State Plan to reflect State legislation enacted as part of the 2009-10 State Budget. Section 72-a of Part C of Chapter 58 of the Laws of 2009 includes an increase in Child Health Plus family premium contributions for households between 251 and 400 percent of the federal poverty level.
Effective July 1, 2009, children in households with income between 251 and 300 percent of the federal poverty level will pay $30 per child per month with a family maximum of $90 per month, children in households with income between 301 and 350 percent of the federal poverty level will pay $45 per child per month with a family maximum of $135 per month and children in households with income between 351 and 400 percent of the federal poverty level will pay $60 per child per month with a family maximum of $180 per month. The family premium contributions for children with household income at or below 250 percent of the federal poverty level remain unchanged.
The fiscal impact is estimated to be a State savings of $7.7 million dollars.
For further information, contact: Gabrielle Armenia, Director, Bureau of Child Health Plus Enrollment, Division of Coverage and Enrollment, Corning Tower, Rm. 1621, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY, 12237-0004, Phone (518) 473-0566, Fax: (518) 473-5273, e-mail: gla01@health.state.ny.us
PUBLIC NOTICE
City of New York Office of Labor Relations
The City of New York Office of Labor Relations (OLR) is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to provide mid-cap equity index investment management services for the Mid-Cap Equity Fund investment option of the City of New York Deferred Compensation Plan. The Request for Proposals will be available beginning on Monday, May 18, 2009. Responses are due no later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 29, 2009. To obtain a copy of the RFP, please visit the Plan's web site at: http://nyc.gov/html/olr/html/requests/rfp.shtml
If you have any questions, please submit them by fax to Georgette Gestely, Director, at (212) 306-7376.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Office of Mental Health
As a result of the enacted 2009-2010 State Budget, the New York State Office of Mental Health will be changing its Medicaid State Plan Amendment to reflect the elimination of the 2009-2010 rate year trend factor for Residential Treatment Facilities for Children and Youth effective July 1, 2009.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Department of State
A meeting of the New York State Security or Fire Alarm Installer Advisory Committee will be held on Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. at the Department of State, Division of Licensing Services, at the Alfred E. Smith State Office Building, 80 South Swan Street, 10th Floor Conference Room, Albany, NY and123 William Street, 19th Floor Conference Room, NYC, NY.
Should you require further information, please contact Debra Ryan-Campana, Meeting Coordinator, at debra.ryan-campana@dos.state.ny.us or 518-473-6155. Please always consult the Department of State website (www.dos.state.ny.us/about/calendar.htm) on the day before the meeting to make sure the meeting has not been rescheduled.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Department of State
The document included as an Appendix (page 111) in this issue of the State Register is the proposed “New York State Community Services Block Grant American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) of 2009 Management Plan”, as developed by the New York State Department of State. On May 11, 2009, this document was posted on the Department of State website at http://www.dos.state.ny.us/recovery/contact.asp, where it is also available for review.
