Senate Bill S1872

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits the diminution of health insurance benefits of public employee retirees

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

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2017-S1872 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1444
Law Section:
Retirement
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5270
2011-2012: A4532
2013-2014: A2459
2015-2016: S4285, A2336
2019-2020: A2652

2017-S1872 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the unilateral diminution of health insurance benefits of public employee retirees and their dependents or reducing the employer's contributions for such insurance from May 1, 2008 until May 15, 2018; defines employers to include the state, municipalities, school districts, and public authorities and commissions.

2017-S1872 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1872 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1872
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. AVELLA, HAMILTON, PARKER -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Civil
   Service and Pensions
 
 AN  ACT  in  relation  to  affecting  the  health insurance benefits and
   contributions of certain retired public employees

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  From  May  1,  2008 until May 15, 2018, a public employer
 shall be prohibited  from  diminishing  the  health  insurance  benefits
 provided  to  retirees  and  their  dependents or the contributions such
 employer makes for such health insurance coverage  below  the  level  of
 such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and their
 dependents  by  such employer unless a corresponding diminution of bene-
 fits or contributions is effected from the appropriate level as  of  May
 1, 2008 during this period by such employer from the corresponding group
 of  active  employees  for  such  retirees. For the purpose of this act,
 "public employer" shall mean the following: (i) the state; (ii) a  coun-
 ty, city, town or village; (iii) a school district, board of cooperative
 educational  services,  vocational  education  and  extension board or a
 school district as enumerated in section 1 of chapter 566 of the laws of
 1967, as amended; (iv) any governmental entity operating  a  college  or
 university;  (v) a public improvement or special district; (vi) a public
 authority, commission or public benefit corporation; or (vii) any  other
 public  corporation, agency, instrumentality or unit of government which
 exercises governmental power under the laws of this state.
   § 2. Nothing contained in this act shall  supersede  or  diminish  the
 terms of a collective bargaining agreement.
   § 3.  This  act  shall  take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after May 1, 2008.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01007-01-7

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