| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to civil service and pensions |
| May 14, 2009 |
referred to civil service and pensions |
Senate Bill S5544
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee
Actions
2009-S5544 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Civil Service And Pensions
- Law Section:
- Retirement
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง1, Chap 729 of 1994
2009-S5544 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5544
TITLE OF BILL :
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
effectiveness of such provisions
PURPOSE OF BILL :
This bill makes permanent the provisions of Ch. 729 of 1994.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Repeals the "sunset" date of May 15, 2009.
JUSTIFICATION :
Health insurance coverage for school district retirees has been
protected from unilateral reductions since 1994 under provisions of a
law which is subject to annual renewal. The law provides that school
districts may reduce neither the level of health insurance coverage
nor their contribution toward its cost for their retirees, unless the
reduction applies equally to active employees. The law does not,
however, prevent school districts from taking cost-cutting measures,
so long as those apply equally to active employees and retirees. There
has been no evidence of harm befalling school districts over the past
six years as the result of the requirement for fair treatment of their
2009-S5544 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5544
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 14, 2009
___________
Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
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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