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Assembly Bill A7722A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing identical health benefits for public retirees

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2019-A7722 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5759
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §161, Civ Serv L

2019-A7722 - Summary

Ensures that public retirees are not having their skilled nursing care benefits reduced under the state health benefit plan at the time they enroll for medicare.

2019-A7722 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7722
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 17, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to ensuring identical
   health benefits for public retirees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 161 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. THERE SHALL BE NO REDUCTION OF BENEFITS PROVIDED TO RETIRED EMPLOY-
 EES UNDER SUCH HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN AT THE TIME SUCH EMPLOYEE ENROLLS  IN
 MEDICARE, AS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY; PROVIDED, HOWEV-
 ER,  RETIREE  BENEFITS UNDER SUCH HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN MAY BE COORDINATED
 WITH AND TREATED AS SECONDARY INSURANCE TO MEDICARE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11738-01-9

2019-A7722A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5759
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §161, Civ Serv L

2019-A7722A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Ensures that public retirees are not having their skilled nursing care benefits reduced under the state health benefit plan at the time they enroll for medicare.

2019-A7722A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7722--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 17, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on  Governmental  Employees  --  recommitted  to the Committee on
   Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to ensuring identical
   health benefits for skilled nursing care for public retirees
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 161 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  THERE  SHALL  BE NO REDUCTION OF BENEFITS FOR SKILLED NURSING CARE
 PROVIDED TO RETIRED EMPLOYEES OR COVERED DEPENDENTS  UNDER  SUCH  HEALTH
 BENEFIT  PLAN  AT  THE  TIME  SUCH  PERSON BECOMES ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICARE
 COVERAGE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, RETIREE BENEFITS UNDER SUCH HEALTH  BENEFIT
 PLAN MAY BE COORDINATED WITH AND TREATED AS SECONDARY INSURANCE TO MEDI-
 CARE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11738-03-0

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