NY State Assembly Bill A639A

assembly Bill A639A

Vetoed By Governor

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to changes in health insurance contracts or plans for retired officers, employees, and their families

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 28, 2016	vetoed memo.265
Nov 16, 2016	delivered to governor
Jun 15, 2016	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.222 substituted for a639a
Jun 15, 2016	substituted by s2448a
Jun 14, 2016	ordered to third reading rules cal.222 rules report cal.222 reported
Jun 08, 2016	reported referred to rules
Jun 03, 2016	print number 639a
Jun 03, 2016	amend and recommit to governmental employees
Jan 06, 2016	referred to governmental employees
Jan 07, 2015	referred to governmental employees

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A639 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S2448
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §92-a, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A7872
2013-2014: A1227, S3687
2017-2018: A5210, A10337, S4324, S8118
2019-2020: A7870, S5930

A639 - Summary

Relates to changes in health insurance contracts or plans for retired officers, employees, and their families.

A639 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   639

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ABINANTI, GUNTHER, ROBERTS, PAULIN, BRINDISI,
  GALEF, STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  MONTESANO,  TITUS  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law, in relation to providing
  notice of health insurance contracts for retired officers,  employees,
  and their families

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 92-a of the general municipal law,
as amended by chapter 805 of the laws of 1984 and as further amended  by
section  104 of part A of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended and
a new subdivision 2-a is added to read as follows:
  2. [A] CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO-A  OF  THIS
SECTION,  A public corporation may contract with a non-profit membership
corporation, organized under article forty-three of  the  insurance  law
and  approved  by the superintendent of financial services and the state
board of social welfare, or with any insurance company authorized to  do
business  in this state for the purpose of furnishing medical and surgi-
cal services and hospital service as  defined  in  such  article  forty-
three,  or  medical  and  surgical and hospital insurance to persons who
contract with such non-profit membership corporation or insurance compa-
ny, or who subscribe to a plan or plans, as  hereinafter  provided.  Any
such  contract  entered  into  by  a public corporation shall permit any
officer or employee or group of officers or employees of  an  agency  or
department  of the public corporation voluntarily to subscribe to a plan
or plans providing for medical and surgical and hospital insurance  for,
or  medical and surgical services and hospital service to, such officers
or employees and their families. Any such contract  entered  into  by  a
public corporation may, if authorized by the governing board or body and
subject  to such conditions, limitations and eligibility requirements as

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

                                                           LBD04353-01-5

A. 639                              2

may be fixed by such board or body,  permit  any  retired  officers  and
employees  or  group  of  retired officers and employees of an agency or
department of the public corporation voluntarily to subscribe to such  a
plan or plans to provide such insurance for or service to themselves and
their  families.  The  comptroller  or  other  disbursing officer of the
public corporation, or of any fund out of which officers or employees of
such public corporation are paid, is authorized to deduct from the wages
or salary of such contracting or subscribing officer or  employee,  with
his  prior  consent,  in  writing,  the sums required to be paid by such
officer or employee to such non-profit membership corporation or  insur-
ance company. Such public corporation, if such contract or plan provides
that  the  employer shall contribute a share of the cost of such medical
and surgical services and hospital service, or medical and surgical  and
hospital  insurance,  for its officers and employees or retired officers
and employees, is authorized to appropriate a sum required  to  be  paid
under such contract by the public corporation as employer. The sum to be
paid  by it under such contract, in the discretion of such public corpo-
ration, may be any percentage of the  total  cost  including  the  whole
thereof.  Where  the compensation of any officer or employee whose posi-
tion is covered by medical and surgical services and hospital service or
medical and surgical and hospital insurance pursuant to this section  is
paid  from  a  special  or  administrative fund provided for by law, the
contributions required to be paid by the  public  corporation  for  such
coverage  shall  be  paid  from such special or administrative fund. The
public corporation shall be authorized to pay directly to such  non-pro-
fit  membership  corporation  or to such insurance company, the total of
such appropriation and of such officer and employee deductions.
  2-A. PRIOR TO EXECUTING OR AMENDING A CONTRACT OR PLAN  THAT  PROVIDES
HEALTH  INSURANCE  TO  RETIRED  OFFICERS,  EMPLOYEES,  OR THEIR FAMILIES
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, A PUBLIC CORPORATION  SHALL
GIVE  NINETY  DAYS NOTICE OF SUCH PROPOSED CONTRACT TO THE RETIRED OFFI-
CERS, EMPLOYEES, OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS  WHO  ARE  COVERED  UNDER  SUCH
CONTRACT.  THE  PUBLIC  CORPORATION  SHALL STATE IN THE NOTICE:  (A) THE
GENERAL TERMS OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACT OR AMENDMENT;  (B)  THE  LOCATION
WHERE  THE  COVERED RETIRED OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS
CAN OBTAIN THE FULL TEXT OF SUCH  PROPOSED  CONTRACT  OR  PLAN  AND  ANY
CHANGES  THERETO;  AND (C) ANY RELEVANT FINANCIAL INFORMATION INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE COST OF THE  PROPOSED  CONTRACT  TO  THE  PUBLIC
CORPORATION  AND  THE  COST TO THE RETIRED OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR THEIR
FAMILIES. THE NOTICE SHALL BE FORWARDED TO THE COVERED RETIRED OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES, OR THEIR FAMILIES, AND SHALL ALSO BE POSTED IN A PUBLIC PLACE
AT THE OFFICES OF SUCH PUBLIC CORPORATION, ON ANY WEBSITE  PUBLISHED  OR
MAINTAINED  BY  THE  PUBLIC  CORPORATION, AND IN ANY OTHER PLACE LOCATED
WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH PUBLIC CORPORATION WHERE PUBLIC  NOTICES
ARE GENERALLY PUBLISHED.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any
health insurance contract or plan entered into,  renewed,  modified,  or
amended on or after such effective date.

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A639A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S2448
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §92-a, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A7872
2013-2014: A1227, S3687
2017-2018: A5210, A10337, S4324, S8118
2019-2020: A7870, S5930

A639A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to changes in health insurance contracts or plans for retired officers, employees, and their families.

A639A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 639--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ABINANTI,  GUNTHER, PAULIN, BRINDISI, GALEF,
  STECK, DiPIETRO, SANTABARBARA  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
  MONTESANO, TENNEY, TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental
  Employees  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  providing
  notice  of health insurance contracts for retired officers, employees,
  and their families

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 92-a of the general municipal law,
as  amended by chapter 805 of the laws of 1984 and as further amended by
section 104 of part A of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended  and
a new subdivision 2-a is added to read as follows:
  2.  [A]  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO-A OF THIS
SECTION, A public corporation may contract with a non-profit  membership
corporation,  organized  under  article forty-three of the insurance law
and approved by the superintendent of financial services and  the  state
board  of social welfare, or with any insurance company authorized to do
business in this state for the purpose of furnishing medical and  surgi-
cal  services  and  hospital  service  as defined in such article forty-
three, or medical and surgical and hospital  insurance  to  persons  who
contract with such non-profit membership corporation or insurance compa-
ny,  or  who  subscribe to a plan or plans, as hereinafter provided. Any
such contract entered into by a  public  corporation  shall  permit  any
officer  or  employee  or group of officers or employees of an agency or
department of the public corporation voluntarily to subscribe to a  plan
or  plans providing for medical and surgical and hospital insurance for,
or medical and surgical services and hospital service to, such  officers
or  employees  and  their  families. Any such contract entered into by a
public corporation may, if authorized by the governing board or body and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04353-04-6

A. 639--A                           2

subject to such conditions, limitations and eligibility requirements  as
may  be  fixed  by  such  board or body, permit any retired officers and
employees or group of retired officers and employees  of  an  agency  or
department  of the public corporation voluntarily to subscribe to such a
plan or plans to provide such insurance for or service to themselves and
their families. The comptroller  or  other  disbursing  officer  of  the
public corporation, or of any fund out of which officers or employees of
such public corporation are paid, is authorized to deduct from the wages
or  salary  of such contracting or subscribing officer or employee, with
his prior consent, in writing, the sums required  to  be  paid  by  such
officer  or employee to such non-profit membership corporation or insur-
ance company. Such public corporation, if such contract or plan provides
that the employer shall contribute a share of the cost of  such  medical
and  surgical services and hospital service, or medical and surgical and
hospital insurance, for its officers and employees or  retired  officers
and  employees,  is  authorized to appropriate a sum required to be paid
under such contract by the public corporation as employer. The sum to be
paid by it under such contract, in the discretion of such public  corpo-
ration,  may  be  any  percentage  of the total cost including the whole
thereof. Where the compensation of any officer or employee  whose  posi-
tion is covered by medical and surgical services and hospital service or
medical  and surgical and hospital insurance pursuant to this section is
paid from a special or administrative fund  provided  for  by  law,  the
contributions  required  to  be  paid by the public corporation for such
coverage shall be paid from such special  or  administrative  fund.  The
public  corporation shall be authorized to pay directly to such non-pro-
fit membership corporation or to such insurance company,  the  total  of
such appropriation and of such officer and employee deductions.
  2-A.  NINETY DAYS PRIOR TO THE GOVERNING BOARD OF A PUBLIC CORPORATION
AUTHORIZING OR APPROVING A CONTRACT OR PLAN OF HEALTH INSURANCE,  OR  AN
AMENDMENT  THERETO,  FOR  RETIRED  OFFICERS, RETIRED EMPLOYEES, OR THEIR
FAMILIES PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, THE PUBLIC  CORPO-
RATION  SHALL  GIVE  WRITTEN  NOTICE  OF SUCH PROPOSED CONTRACT, PLAN OR
AMENDMENT, TO THE RETIRED OFFICERS, RETIRED EMPLOYEES, OR THEIR FAMILIES
WHO ARE COVERED UNDER SUCH CONTRACT OR PLAN. WHERE THE CONTRACT, PLAN OR
AMENDMENT IS CONTRACTED FOR AS PART OF  NEGOTIATIONS  BETWEEN  A  PUBLIC
CORPORATION  AND A RECOGNIZED AND CERTIFIED EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION PURSU-
ANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW,  SUCH  WRITTEN  NOTICE
SHALL  BE GIVEN AT THE TIME SUCH HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRACT IS BINDING ON
THE COVERED RETIRED OFFICERS, RETIRED EMPLOYEES, OR THEIR FAMILIES. SUCH
WRITTEN NOTICE SHALL CONTAIN EITHER: (A) THE FULL TEXT OF SUCH  PROPOSED
CONTRACT,  PLAN  OR  AMENDMENT  AND  ANY  RELEVANT FINANCIAL INFORMATION
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE COST OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACT, PLAN OR
AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC CORPORATION AND THE COST TO THE COVERED  RETIRED
OFFICERS, RETIRED EMPLOYEES, OR THEIR FAMILIES; OR (B) THE GENERAL TERMS
OF  THE  PROPOSED  CONTRACT,  PLAN  OR AMENDMENT ALONG WITH THE PHYSICAL
LOCATION AND WEB ADDRESS TO A SECURE WEBSITE WHERE THE  COVERED  RETIRED
OFFICERS,  RETIRED EMPLOYEES OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS CAN OBTAIN THE FULL
TEXT OF SUCH PROPOSED CONTRACT,  PLAN  OR  AMENDMENT  AND  ANY  RELEVANT
FINANCIAL  INFORMATION  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO THE COST OF THE
PROPOSED CONTRACT, PLAN OR AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC CORPORATION  AND  THE
COST  TO THE COVERED RETIRED OFFICERS, RETIRED EMPLOYEES, OR THEIR FAMI-
LIES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
health  insurance  contract  or plan entered into, renewed, modified, or
amended on or after such effective date.

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Jun 15, 2016 - floor Vote

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May 24, 2016 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 24, 2016

May 17, 2016 - Finance committee Vote

Committee Vote: May 17, 2016

Feb 2, 2016 - Local Government committee Vote

Committee Vote: Feb 2, 2016

Jun 10, 2015 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 10, 2015

Jun 2, 2015 - Finance committee Vote

Committee Vote: Jun 2, 2015

May 12, 2015 - Local Government committee Vote

Committee Vote: May 12, 2015

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A639 - Details

A639 - Summary

A639 - Bill Text download pdf

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A639A (ACTIVE) - Details

A639A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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May 24, 2016 - floor Vote

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May 17, 2016 - Finance committee Vote

Committee Vote: May 17, 2016

Feb 2, 2016 - Local Government committee Vote

Committee Vote: Feb 2, 2016

Jun 10, 2015 - floor Vote

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Jun 2, 2015 - Finance committee Vote

Committee Vote: Jun 2, 2015

May 12, 2015 - Local Government committee Vote

Committee Vote: May 12, 2015

Bill Amendments

Co-Sponsors

Aileen Gunther

Amy Paulin

Anthony Brindisi

Sandy Galef

Phil Steck

David DiPietro

Angelo Santabarbara

Multi-Sponsors

Michael Montesano

Claudia Tenney

Michele Titus

A639 - Details

A639 - Summary

A639 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

Aileen Gunther

Amy Paulin

Anthony Brindisi

Sandy Galef

Phil Steck

David DiPietro

Angelo Santabarbara

Multi-Sponsors

Michael Montesano

Claudia Tenney

Michele Titus

A639A (ACTIVE) - Details

A639A (ACTIVE) - Summary

A639A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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