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Assembly Bill A9943

Vetoed By Governor

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for the continuation of health insurance benefits for public employees injured or taken ill in the performance of duty

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2009-A9943 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6785
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง159-d, Civ Serv L

2009-A9943 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the continuation of health insurance benefits for public employees injured or taken ill in the performance of duty.

2009-A9943 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A9943 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9943

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 17, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Employees

AN  ACT  to  amend the civil service law, in relation to continuation of
  health insurance benefits for public employees injured or taken ill in
  performance of duty

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  civil service law is amended by adding a new section
159-d to read as follows:
  S 159-D. HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS; PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. HEALTH INSURANCE
BENEFITS FOR A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE INJURED OR TAKEN ILL IN  THE  PERFORMANCE
OF  DUTY SHALL CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED TO SUCH EMPLOYEE, AND IF APPLICA-
BLE, HIS OR HER SPOUSE AND/OR DEPENDENTS, AT THE SAME RATE  AND  TO  THE
SAME  EXTENT  AS  ACTIVE EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE SAME COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
UNIT OCCUPYING THE SAME CIVIL SERVICE POSITION, UNTIL SUCH TIME  AS  THE
MEMBER  HAS  RETURNED  TO  ACTIVE SERVICE, HAS SEPARATED FROM SERVICE OR
RETIRES. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL DIMINISH  OR  IMPAIR  ANY  RIGHTS
CREATED BY A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15711-01-0

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