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Senate Bill S5714

2011-2012 Legislative Session

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

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2011-S5714 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance

2011-S5714 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits public employers from diminishing the health insurance benefits and contributions of retired public employees in the police and fire retirement systems.

2011-S5714 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S5714 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5714

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 13, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

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 police and fire 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 police and fire retirement system,  the  New  York  city
police  department  pension  fund  and the New York city fire department
pension fund.
  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.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11648-01-1

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