Assembly Bill A6536

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits public employers from diminishing the health insurance benefits and contributions of retired public employees

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A6536 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4515
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Insurance

2011-A6536 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits public employers from diminishing the health insurance benefits and contributions of retired public employees in the New York state and local employees' retirement system.

2011-A6536 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6536

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 21, 2011
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  prohibiting public employers from diminishing the health insur-
  ance benefits and contributions of retired public employees in the New
  York state and local employees' retirement system

  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 public employee 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  unless  a  corresponding
diminution  of  benefits  or contributions is effected from the level of
benefits or contributions provided to a corresponding  group  of  active
employees for such retirees.
  S  2.  For  purposes  of this act, "public employee retirees and their
dependents" shall mean retired members and dependents of  the  New  York
state and local employees' retirement system.
  S  3.  For  purposes  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; (v) a public authority, commission or
public benefit corporation; or (vi) any other public corporation,  agen-
cy,  instrumentality  or unit of government which exercises governmental
power under the laws of this state.
  S 4. Nothing contained in this act shall  supersede  or  diminish  the
terms of a collective bargaining agreement.
  S  5.  Nothing  contained  in this act shall require a public employer
which does not provide health insurance benefits to retirees  and  their
dependents as of the effective date of this act to offer such benefits.
  S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

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