Assembly Bill A6806

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for the continuation of state health benefit plans for certain survivors of employees of the state and/or of a political subdivision or of a public authority

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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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2023-A6806 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5495
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §165-a, Civ Serv L

2023-A6806 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the continuation of state health benefit plans for certain survivors of employees of the state and/or of a political subdivision or of a public authority.

2023-A6806 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6806
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation  to  continuation  of
   state  health  benefit plans for certain survivors of employees of the
   state and/or of a political subdivision or of a public authority

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 165-a of the civil service
 law,  as  amended  by  section  6 of part T of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the presi-
 dent shall permit the unremarried spouse and the  dependents,  otherwise
 qualified  as  eligible for coverage under regulations of the president,
 of a person who was an employee of  the  state  and/or  of  a  political
 subdivision  thereof  or  of  a  public  authority for not less than ten
 years, provided however, that the ten-year service requirement shall not
 apply to such employees on active military duty in connection  with  the
 Persian  Gulf  conflict  who  die  on  or  after August second, nineteen
 hundred ninety while in the Persian Gulf combat zone or while performing
 such military duties, OR THE  UNREMARRIED  SPOUSE  AND  THE  DEPENDENTS,
 OTHERWISE  QUALIFIED  AS  ELIGIBLE FOR COVERAGE UNDER REGULATIONS OF THE
 PRESIDENT, TO ANY EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE AND/OR OF A  POLITICAL  SUBDIVI-
 SION  THEREOF  OR  OF  A PUBLIC AUTHORITY WHO RETIRES WITH LESS THAN TEN
 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH AN ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT  OR  A
 PERFORMANCE  OF  DUTY  DISABILITY PENSION, who had been a participant in
 any of the state health benefit plans, to continue  under  the  coverage
 which  such  deceased  employee had in effect at the time of death, upon
 the payment at intervals determined by the president of the full cost of
 such coverage, provided, however, that  the  unremarried  spouse  of  an
 active  employee  of the State who died on or after April first nineteen
 hundred seventy-five and before April first  nineteen  hundred  seventy-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07630-01-3
              

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