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Assembly Bill A8393

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides for the establishment of health reimbursement arrangements in connection with providing state retiree Medicare benefits

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2011-A8393 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง162, Civ Serv L

2011-A8393 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the establishment of health reimbursement arrangements in connection with providing state retiree Medicare benefits; provides that Medicare eligible state retirees can use the arrangements to pay for individual health insurance plan premiums and other health care expenses; defines an administering firm, allowing the state to select a firm to run the arrangement; defines public retirees and public employers.

2011-A8393 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8393

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 15, 2011
                               ___________

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 establishing
  health reimbursement arrangements relating to state  retiree  Medicare
  benefits

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

  Section 1. Section 162 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
  9. (A) THE PRESIDENT IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH  A
PLAN WHICH PROVIDES HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ARRANGEMENTS TO PUBLIC EMPLOYER
RETIREES, DEPENDENTS, SURVIVING SPOUSES AND SURVIVING DEPENDENT CHILDREN
WHO  ARE  COVERED  BY  MEDICARE.  THE PRESIDENT SHALL ADOPT SUCH FURTHER
REGULATIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION  OF  THE
HEALTH  REIMBURSEMENT  ARRANGEMENTS,  INCLUDING  ELIGIBILITY,  TERMS AND
CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ARRANGEMENTS.
  (B) THE HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT  ARRANGEMENTS  SHALL  PROVIDE  ACCESS  TO
INDIVIDUAL  INSURANCE POLICIES, INCLUDING MEDIGAP OR MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT
POLICIES, MEDICARE ADVANTAGE POLICIES  AND  MEDICARE  PRESCRIPTION  DRUG
POLICIES.  THE  HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ARRANGEMENTS SHALL ALSO PROVIDE FOR
THE PAYMENT OF OR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PREMIUMS RELATING TO SUCH  INDI-
VIDUAL  INSURANCE POLICIES AND ANY OTHER ELIGIBLE EXPENSES AS DETERMINED
BY THE PRESIDENT IN REGULATIONS.
  (C) THE PRESIDENT AND CONTRIBUTING PUBLIC  EMPLOYERS  SHALL  ESTABLISH
THE  LEVEL  OF  CONTRIBUTIONS  TO THE HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ARRANGEMENTS,
SUBJECT TO ANY APPLICABLE LAW.
  (D) THE PRESIDENT SHALL ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH AN ADMINISTRATOR TO
PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES WITH RESPECT TO THE HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT
ARRANGEMENTS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11967-01-1

A. 8393                             2

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