Senate Bill S4149

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to determination of state contribution for certain benefits provided pursuant to collective bargaining agreements

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee


  • 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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2021-S4149 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3357
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §167, Civ Serv L; add §49, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4112, A7124
2015-2016: S3202, A5308
2017-2018: S1862, A2823
2019-2020: S2051, A3634
2023-2024: A3765

2021-S4149 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to determination of state contribution for certain benefits provided pursuant to collective bargaining agreements.

2021-S4149 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4149 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4149
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 and the legislative law, in
   relation to certain benefits provided pursuant to collective  bargain-
   ing agreements

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 167 of the civil service  law,  as
 amended  by chapter 582 of the laws of 1988, paragraph (a) as amended by
 section 7 of part T of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010 and paragraph  (b)
 as  amended  by  chapter  317 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1.   (a) The full cost of premium  or  subscription  charges  for  the
 coverage  of  retired  state employees who are enrolled in the statewide
 and the supplementary health benefit plans established pursuant to  this
 article  and who retired prior to January first, nineteen hundred eight-
 y-three shall be paid by the state. Nine-tenths of the cost  of  premium
 or  subscription charges for the coverage of state employees and retired
 state employees retiring on or after  January  first,  nineteen  hundred
 eighty-three  AND  PRIOR  TO  OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN who are
 enrolled in the statewide and supplementary health benefit  plans  shall
 be  paid  by  the  state.  Three-quarters  of  the  cost  of  premium or
 subscription charges for  the  coverage  of  dependents  of  such  state
 employees  and  retired  state  employees  shall  be  paid by the state.
 Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subdivision, the state shall
 contribute toward the premium or subscription charges for  the  coverage
 of  each  state employee or retired state employee who is enrolled in an
 optional benefit plan and for the dependents of such state  employee  or
 retired state employee the same dollar amount which would be paid by the
 state  for  the premium or subscription charges for the coverage of such
 state employee or retired state employee and his or her dependents if he
 or she were enrolled in the statewide and the supplementary health bene-
 fit plans, but not in excess of the premium or subscription charges  for
 the coverage of such state employee or retired state employee and his or
              

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