| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 04, 2016 |
referred to civil service and pensions |
Senate Bill S7466
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee
Actions
2015-S7466 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Civil Service And Pensions
- Law Section:
- Civil Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง172 & 173, Civ Serv L
2015-S7466 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7466
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to long term care
insurance for state and retired state employees
PURPOSE OF THE BILL :
This bill would amend the Civil Service Law ("CSL") to provide that
the president may rather than being required to - establish a
long-term care insurance plan for public employees and retirees,
eliminating the mandate to provide such insurance.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1 of the bill would amend subdivision 1 of section 172 of the
CSL to provide that the president is authorized to establish a
long-term care insurance plan, thereby making it discretionary on the
president's part.
Section 2 of the bill would amend section 173 of the CSL to addresses
the requirements for purchasing long-term care insurance if the
president so chooses.
Section 3 of the bill provides that the bill shall take effect
2015-S7466 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7466
I N S E N A T E
May 4, 2016
___________
Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- (at request of the Department of Civil
Service) -- 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 long term care
insurance for state and retired state employees
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 172 of the civil service law, a added by chapter
585 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
S 172. Long term care insurance. 1. The president is hereby authorized
[and directed] to establish a long term care insurance plan for state
officers and employees and their dependents and officers and employees
of the state colleges of agriculture, home economics, industrial labor
relations and veterinary medicine, the state agricultural station at
Geneva, and any other institution or agency under the management and
control of Cornell University as the representative of the board of
trustees of the state university of New York, and the state college of
ceramics under the management and control of Alfred University as the
representative of the board of trustees of the state university of New
York and their dependents, and for the employees and retired employees
of public authorities, public benefit corporations, school districts,
special districts, district corporations, municipal corporations exclud-
ing active employees and retired employees of cities having a population
of one million or more inhabitants whose compensation is or was before
retirement paid out of the city treasury, or other appropriate agencies,
subdivisions or quasi-public organizations of the state and their depen-
dents as defined by the regulations of the president, which, subject to
the conditions and limitations contained in this article, and in the
regulations of the president, will provide for insurance against the
financial costs of long term care.
S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 173 of the civil service law, as added
by chapter 585 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
1. The president is hereby authorized [and directed] to purchase a
contract or contracts to provide long term care benefits under the long
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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