Senate Bill S4465

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Ensures identical health benefits for public retirees

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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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2023-S4465 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3896
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §161, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S8192, A9215

2023-S4465 (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.

2023-S4465 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4465 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4465
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- 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, 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.
                                                            LBD08808-01-3



              

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