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Senate Bill S3530
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S3530 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §211-b, Lab L; add §97-m, St Fin L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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S3948
2011-S3530 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3530 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law and the state finance law, in relation to creating the "fair share health act" PURPOSE: This bill would establish a fair share health program and fund to ensure that large employers contribute appropriately to the increasing cost of health care benefits for employees in New York. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one is the name of the act: the Fair Share Health Act. Section two of the bill amends the Labor Law by adding a new section 211-b, entitled "The fair share health program." Under this program, employers with more than ten thousand employees in New York state shall report to the Department of Labor certain information about their numbers of employees, amounts spent on health insurance benefits for their employees, and the percentage of total wages paid that was spent on health insurance benefits. Employers subject to the program shall contribute the difference between the amount the employer spends on health care benefits for employees and either 6% (not-for-profit employers) or 8% (for-profit employers) to the fair share health fund. Section 211-b also provides for duties of the Department of Labor in implementing the fair share health
2011-S3530 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3530 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 24, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law and the state finance law, in relation to creating the "fair share health act" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "fair share health act". S 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 211-b to read as follows: S 211-B. THE FAIR SHARE HEALTH PROGRAM. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A) "EMPLOYEE" MEANS ALL INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME DIRECTLY BY AN EMPLOYER. (B) "EMPLOYER" MEANS EITHER A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW, OR A FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW, EMPLOYING TEN THOUSAND OR MORE EMPLOYEES IN NEW YORK STATE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE OR ANOTHER STATE, OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OR ANOTHER STATE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEFINITION OF EMPLOYER. (C) "HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS" SHALL INCLUDE AMOUNTS PAID BY THE EMPLOYER FOR MEDICAL CARE, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, VISION CARE, MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, AND ANY OTHER PAYMENTS MADE TO PROVIDE HEALTH BENEFITS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 213(D) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. (D) "OFFICE" MEANS THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OFFICE LOCATED IN ALBANY. (E) "PROGRAM" MEANS THE FAIR SHARE HEALTH PROGRAM. 2. DATA COLLECTION. (A) ON OR BEFORE APRIL FIRST OF EACH YEAR, ALL EMPLOYERS WITH TEN THOUSAND OR MORE EMPLOYEES IN NEW YORK STATE SHALL PREPARE AND SUBMIT AN AFFIDAVIT REVIEWED AND SIGNED BY THE PRINCIPAL EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06031-01-1
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