Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Nov 29, 2017 |
vetoed memo.194 |
Nov 17, 2017 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 14, 2017 |
returned to senate passed assembly |
Jun 08, 2017 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.105 substituted for a5210 |
Jun 07, 2017 |
referred to governmental employees delivered to assembly passed senate delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 05, 2017 |
advanced to third reading |
May 24, 2017 |
2nd report cal. |
May 23, 2017 |
1st report cal.1110 |
Feb 09, 2017 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S4324
Vetoed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 44th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor
- 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
- Vetoed By Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) 36th Senate District
2017-S4324 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S4324 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4324 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to providing notice of health insurance contracts for retired officers, employees, and their families PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To provide notice to retirees affected by proposed changes in a health insurance plan before the changes are adopted by a public corporation. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill would amend General Municipal Law Section 92 by adding a new subdivision 2-a to require that the governing board of a public corporation give forty-five days prior notice of a change in a health insurance plan to retired employees or their families who are covered under such 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, such notice shall be given at the time such health insurance contract is binding on the covered officers, retired employees or families. This section also provides that 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
2017-S4324 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4324 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, AKSHAR, LARKIN, MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government 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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