367-S*2 - Emergency medical transportation services.

* §    367-s.    Emergency   medical   transportation   services.   1.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to  the  contrary,  a  supplemental  medical assistance payment shall be made on an annual basis to providers  of  emergency medical transportation services in an aggregate amount not  to exceed four million dollars for two thousand six, six million dollars  for two thousand seven and six million dollars for  two  thousand  eight  pursuant to the following methodology:    (a)  For  each emergency medical transportation services provider that  receives medical assistance reimbursement processed  through  the  state  Medicaid  payment  system,  the department of health shall determine the  ratio of such provider's state-processed reimbursement to the total such  reimbursement made during each quarter of the applicable calendar  year,  expressed as a percentage;    (b)  For  each  such provider, the department of health shall multiply  the percentage obtained pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision by  one-quarter of the applicable aggregate amount specified in the  opening  paragraph  of  this  subdivision.  The  result of such calculation shall  represent the "emergency  medical  transportation  service  supplemental  payment" and shall be paid expeditiously to such provider on a quarterly  basis;    2.  The  amount disbursed to emergency medical transportation services  providers whose area of operation is within the city of New York will be  twenty-five  percent  of  the  applicable  aggregate  amount,  with  the  remaining  seventy-five  percent  to be disbursed to all other emergency  medical transportation services providers.    3. If all necessary approvals under federal law and regulation are not  obtained to receive federal  financial  participation  in  the  payments  authorized by this section, payments under this section shall be made in  an  aggregate  amount not to exceed two million dollars for two thousand  six, three million dollars for two  thousand  seven  and  three  million  dollars  for  two thousand eight. In such case, the multiplier set forth  in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section shall be  deemed  to  be  two  million  dollars  or three million dollars as applicable to the  annual period.    4.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provisions  of  section  three  hundred  sixty-eight-a  of  this  title,  or  of  any  other law, to the  contrary, the department of health shall pay one hundred per  centum  of  the non-federal share of any payments made pursuant to this section.    * NB There are 2 § 367-s's