605 - State aid; amount of reimbursement.
§ 605. State aid; amount of reimbursement. 1. A state aid base grant shall be reimbursed to municipalities for the base public health services identified in paragraph (b) of subdivision three of section six hundred two of this title, in an amount of the greater of fifty-five cents per capita, for each person in the municipality, or five hundred fifty thousand dollars provided that the municipality expends at least five hundred fifty thousand dollars for such base public health services. A municipality must provide all the basic public health services identified in paragraph (b) of subdivision three of section six hundred two of this title to qualify for such base grant unless the municipality has the approval of the commissioner to expend the base grant on a portion of such base public health services. If any services in such paragraph (b) are not approved in the plan or if no plan is submitted for such services, the commissioner may limit the municipality's per capita or base grant to that proportionate share which will fund those services that are submitted in a plan and subsequently approved. The commissioner may use the proportionate share that is not granted to contract with agencies, associations, or organizations to provide such services; or the health department may use such proportionate share to provide the services upon approval of the director of the division of the budget. 2. State aid reimbursement for public health services provided by a municipality under this title, shall be made as follows: (a) if the municipality is providing some or all of the basic public health services identified in paragraph (b) of subdivision three of section six hundred two of this title, pursuant to an approved plan, at a rate of no less than thirty-six per centum of the difference between the amount of moneys expended by the municipality for public health services required by paragraph (b) of subdivision three of section six hundred two of this title during the fiscal year and the base grant provided pursuant to subdivision one of this section. No such reimbursement shall be provided for services if they are not approved in a plan or if no plan is submitted for such services. (b) if the municipality is providing other public health services within limits to be prescribed by regulation by the commissioner in addition to some or all of the public health services required in paragraph (b) of subdivision three of section six hundred two of this title, pursuant to an approved plan, at a rate of not less than thirty-six per centum of the moneys expended by the municipality for such other services. No such reimbursement shall be provided for services if they are not approved in a plan or if no plan is submitted for such services. 3. Municipalities shall make every reasonable effort to collect payments for public health services provided. All such revenues shall be reported to the commissioner and will be deducted from expenditures identified under subdivision two of this section to produce a net cost eligible for state aid.