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May 01, 2012 | reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 04, 2012 | referred to governmental employees |
Jan 12, 2011 | referred to governmental employees |
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Co-Sponsors
Michelle Schimel
Dennis H. Gabryszak
Michael DenDekker
Kenneth Zebrowski
Multi-Sponsors
Daniel Burling
Nancy Calhoun
Robert Castelli
Joseph Giglio
A2007 (ACTIVE) - Details
A2007 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits the diminution of health insurance benefits of public employee retirees and their dependents or reducing the employer's contributions for such insurance; defines employers to include the state, municipalities, school districts, and public authorities and commissions.
A2007 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2007 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 12, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, SCHROEDER, SCHIMEL, PHEFFER, DESTITO, GABRYSZAK, DenDEKKER, ZEBROWSKI, GUNTHER, SPANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BURLING, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to prohibit public employers from diminishing the health insur- ance benefits and contributions of certain retired public employees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. On and after the effective date of this act, a public employer shall be prohibited from diminishing the health insurance bene- fits provided to retirees and their dependents or the contributions such employer 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 employer as of the effective date of this act. For the purpose of this act, "public employer" shall mean the following: (i) the state; (ii) a county, city, town or village; (iii) any governmental entity operating a college or university; (iv) a public improvement or special district including police or fire districts; (v) a public authority, commission or public benefit corporation; or (vi) any other public corporation, agency, instrumentality or unit of government which exercises governmental power under the laws of this state. The term public employer shall not include any school district, board of cooper- ative educational services, vocational education and extension board or school district as enumerated in section 1 of chapter 566 of the laws of 1977, as amended. S 2. Nothing contained in this act shall supersede or diminish the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. S 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one of this act to the contrary, a public employer shall be prohibited from diminishing the health insurance benefits provided to retirees who retire after the effective date of this act from positions not subject to a collective EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04594-01-1