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Assembly Bill A2501

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to health insurance for state officers and employees who receive health insurance benefits from the state

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2025-A2501 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1088
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §161, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8424, S8333

2025-A2501 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires health insurance for state officers and employees who receive health insurance benefits from the state to take effect immediately upon employment.

2025-A2501 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2501
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. LEVENBERG, SIMONE, SHIMSKY, DINOWITZ, BURDICK,
   SEAWRIGHT, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, LUNSFORD, RAGA, TAPIA, McDONOUGH, ANGELINO,
   DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Governmental
   Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the civil service law, in relation to health insurance
   for  state officers and employees who receive health  insurance  bene-
   fits from the state
 
   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. THE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN DESIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT, PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION, SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON EMPLOYMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00365-01-5

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