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Senate Bill S1855

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Increases funding available for the Brooklyn healthworks pilot program and upstate healthworks pilot program

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2011-S1855 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2093
Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง4327, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S6181, A9138

2011-S1855 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases funding available for the Brooklyn healthworks pilot program and upstate healthworks pilot program.

2011-S1855 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S1855 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 1855                                                  A. 2093

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

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

                            January 13, 2011
                               ___________

IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sens. MONTGOMERY, GOLDEN, PARKER -- read
  twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
  Committee on Insurance

IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Insurance

AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to funding of the  Brook-
  lyn healthworks pilot program and upstate healthworks pilot program

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

  Section 1. Subsection (t) of section 4327 of  the  insurance  law,  as
added by chapter 441 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  (t)  Brooklyn  healthworks pilot program and upstate healthworks pilot
program. Commencing on July first, two thousand six, the  superintendent
shall  access  funding  from  the  small employer stop loss fund and the
qualifying individual stop loss fund for  the  purpose  of  support  and
expansion of the existing pilot program Brooklyn healthworks approved by
the  superintendent  and  for the establishment and operation of a pilot
program to be located in upstate New  York.  For  the  purpose  of  this
subsection,  [in  no  event shall] the amount of funding available SHALL
NOT exceed [two] FOUR percent of the  annual  funding  amounts  for  the
small  employer  stop  loss fund and the qualifying individual stop loss
fund.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01545-01-1

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