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Apr 08, 2016 |
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Senate Bill S7234
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions 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
2015-S7234 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Civil Service And Pensions
- Law Section:
- Civil Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §164, Civ Serv L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2017-2018:
S598
2019-2020: S613
2021-2022: S6115
2015-S7234 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7234 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to granting employee's discretion over coverage for dependants PURPOSE : To allow state employees the option of selecting health coverage for solely him or herself and his or her spouse. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. This bill amends Section 164 of the civil service law to allow state employees the option of selecting health insurance coverage for solely him or herself and his or her spouse. Section 2. Effective date. EXISTING LAW : JUSTIFICATION : Currently state employees covered for health insurance under the Empire plan are limited to coverage for either themselves as an
2015-S7234 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7234 I N S E N A T E April 8, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to granting employ- ee's discretion over coverage for dependants THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 164 of the civil service law, as amended by chapter 617 of the laws of 1967, and as designated by section 1 of part W of chapter 56 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: 1. Each employee shall be entitled to have his OR HER spouse [and] AND/OR dependent children, AT SUCH EMPLOYEE'S DISCRETION, as defined by the regulations of the president, included in the coverage upon agreeing to pay his OR HER contribution, if any, to the cost of such coverage for such dependents. EACH EMPLOYEE SHALL HAVE THE OPTION OF SELECTING COVERAGE SOLELY FOR HIM OR HERSELF AND HIS OR HER SPOUSE. The president shall adopt regulations governing the discontinuance and resumption by employees of coverage for dependents. S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13184-02-6
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