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Senate Bill S4974

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that certain unremarried spouses of deceased employees of the state shall pay for health insurance coverage at the same rate as active state employees

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2009-S4974 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7856
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง165-a, Civ Serv L

2009-S4974 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that unremarried spouses of deceased employees of the state who retired prior to April 1, 1979 shall be required to pay for health insurance coverage at the same rate as paid by active employees of the state.

2009-S4974 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4974 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

    S. 4974                                                  A. 7856

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. PADAVAN -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service
  and Pensions

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

AN  ACT  to amend the civil service law, in relation to health insurance
  coverage for certain dependents of deceased state employees

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

  Section  1.  The three undesignated paragraphs of section 165-a of the
civil service law are designated subdivisions 1,  3  and  4  and  a  new
subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, AN UNREMARRIED SPOUSE
OF AN EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE WHO RETIRED PRIOR TO APRIL  FIRST,  NINETEEN
HUNDRED  SEVENTY-NINE  AND  DECEASED  SUBSEQUENT TO SUCH RETIREMENT, AND
SUCH SPOUSE HAVING BEEN DETERMINED TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONTINUED COVERAGE
AS A DEPENDENT SURVIVOR AND HAVING TIMELY ELECTED TO CONTINUE  DEPENDENT
COVERAGE,  SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE AT THE
SAME RATE AS IS PAID BY ACTIVE EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10264-01-9

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