the Matter of County of Chemung, St. Lawrence, Chautauqua, Jefferson, Oneida, Genesee, Cayuga, Monroe v. Nirav R. Shah

OPINION OF THE COURT

Rivera, J.

In these appeals, several counties challenge the constitutionality of the 2012 amendment (L 2012, ch 56, § 1, part D, § 61) (section 61) to the Medicaid Cap Statute (L 2005, ch 58, § 1, part C, § 1), which closes the door on reimbursement claims for a category of Medicaid disability expenses paid by the counties to the State prior to 2006. The current appeals are the latest round in a decade-long struggle between the counties and the State, during which the counties demanded payment after the state legislature restructured the Medicaid local-share payment system,…