Assembly Bill A5210

Vetoed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4324 - Vetoed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A5210 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4324
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
2015-2016: A639, S2448
2019-2020: A7870, S5930
2021-2022: A4099, S7074
2023-2024: S2690

2017-A5210 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A5210 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5210
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ABINANTI,  GUNTHER, PAULIN, BRINDISI, GALEF,
   STECK, DiPIETRO -- 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
 may be fixed by such board or body,  permit  any  retired  officers  and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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