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Assembly Bill A6193

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to making permanent certain provisions of chapter 729 of 1994 relating to health insurance benefits and contributions of retired employees of school district

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2009-A6193 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5544
Law Section:
Retirement
Laws Affected:
Amd §1, Chap 729 of 1994

2009-A6193 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes permanent certain provisions of chapter 729 of 1994 relating to health insurance benefits and contributions of retired employees of school districts.

2009-A6193 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6193

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 26, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. WEINSTEIN, JACOBS, PERALTA, SCHROEDER, SPANO --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BALL, BOYLAND, BRENNAN, CLARK,  COLTON,
  COOK,  DESTITO,  EDDINGTON,  HOOPER,  JOHN,  LATIMER, LIFTON, LUPARDO,
  MAGEE, McENENY, MILLMAN, PAULIN, PERRY, PHEFFER,  SWEENEY,  WEISENBERG
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees

AN  ACT  to  amend chapter 729 of the laws of 1994 relating to affecting
  the health insurance benefits and contributions of  retired  employees
  of  school districts and certain boards, in relation to the effective-
  ness of such provisions

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

  Section  1.  Section  1 of chapter 729 of the laws of 1994 relating to
affecting the health insurance benefits  and  contributions  of  retired
employees  of school districts and certain boards, as amended by chapter
43 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  Section 1. From on and after June 30, 1994 [until  May  15,  2009,]  a
school  district,  board of cooperative educational services, vocational
education and extension board or a  school  district  as  enumerated  in
section  1  of  chapter  566  of  the laws of 1967, as amended, shall be
prohibited from diminishing the health insurance  benefits  provided  to
retirees  and  their  dependents  or  the  contributions  such  board or
district makes for such health insurance coverage  below  the  level  of
such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and their
dependents  by  such district or board unless a corresponding diminution
of benefits or contributions is effected from the present  level  during
this  period  by  such district or board from the corresponding group of
active employees for such retirees.
  S 2. This act shall take effect May 15, 2009;  provided,  however,  if
this  act  shall become a law after such date it shall take effect imme-
diately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and
after May 15, 2009.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04066-01-9

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