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Assembly Bill A8362A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes all municipalities to join a county self-funded or self-insured health plan

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2013-A8362 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6633
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A739, S4466
2017-2018: A2578, S3660
2019-2020: A310, S1408
2021-2022: A543, S712
2023-2024: A4412, S3554
2025-2026: A1766, S4719

2013-A8362 - Summary

Authorizes all municipalities, with the consent of the county and the governing body of such municipality, to join a county self-funded or self-insured health plan.

2013-A8362 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8362

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2014
                               ___________

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

AN ACT authorizing municipalities to join a county self-funded or  self-
  insured health plan

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

  Section 1. Notwithstanding articles 44 or 47 of the insurance  law  or
any other provision of law to the contrary, a municipality is permitted,
with  the  consent  of the county and the governing body of such munici-
pality, to join a county self-funded or self-insured health plan,  which
has  been  in  existence  for  a minimum of five years, in any county in
which such municipality is located in whole or in part. Municipality  is
defined as any city, town, village or any other municipal corporation, a
school  district  or  any governmental entity operating a public school,
college or university, a  public  improvement  or  special  district,  a
public  authority,  commission,  or  public  benefit corporation, or any
other public corporation, agency or instrumentality or unit  of  govern-
ment which exercises governmental powers under the laws of the state but
is not a part of, nor a department of, nor an agency of the state.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
A                                                          LBD13268-01-3

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2013-A8362A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6633
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A739, S4466
2017-2018: A2578, S3660
2019-2020: A310, S1408
2021-2022: A543, S712
2023-2024: A4412, S3554
2025-2026: A1766, S4719

2013-A8362A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes all municipalities, with the consent of the county and the governing body of such municipality, to join a county self-funded or self-insured health plan.

2013-A8362A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 8362--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Insurance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted
  as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT authorizing municipalities to join a county self-funded or self-
  insured health plan

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

  Section  1.  Notwithstanding articles 44 or 47 of the insurance law or
any other provision of law to the contrary, a municipality is permitted,
with the consent of the county and the governing body  of  such  munici-
pality,  to join a county self-funded or self-insured health plan in any
county in which such municipality is located in whole or in part.  Muni-
cipality  is  defined  as any city, town, village or any other municipal
corporation, a school district or any governmental  entity  operating  a
public  school,  college  or university, a public improvement or special
district, a public authority, commission, or public benefit corporation,
or any other public corporation, agency or instrumentality  or  unit  of
government  which  exercises  governmental  powers under the laws of the
state but is not a part of, nor a department of, nor an  agency  of  the
state.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13268-02-4

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