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Assembly Bill A6249A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to granting Gabrielle Tessler continued health coverage in retirement

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2025-A6249 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7881
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
New York City
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7984

2025-A6249 - Summary

Provides for continued health coverage in retirement for certain NYC employees who transferred departments.

2025-A6249 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6249
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT in relation to granting Gabrielle Tessler continued health cover-
   age in retirement
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 and solely for the purpose of determining vesting for  continued  health
 coverage  in  retirement  pursuant to subdivision b of section 12-126 of
 the administrative code of the city of New York, Gabrielle  Tessler,  an
 employee  of  the  board  of  education  who is a member of the board of
 education retirement system, shall not be subject to  local  law  number
 nine  of  2010  of  the city of New York, shall be deemed to have become
 employed by the board of education prior to April 27, 2010, and shall be
 subject to clause (B) of subparagraph 3 of paragraph ii of subdivision a
 of section 12-126 of the administrative code of the city of New York.
   § 2. The associated costs of the implementation of this act  shall  be
 borne entirely by the city of New York.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03988-01-5

2025-A6249A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7881
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
New York City
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7984

2025-A6249A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for continued health coverage in retirement for certain NYC employees who transferred departments.

2025-A6249A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6249--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Governmental  Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on Govern-
   mental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit-
   tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
   mitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  in  relation  to  continued  health  coverage in retirement for
   certain employees of the city of New York
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 and  solely  for the purpose of determining vesting for continued health
 coverage in retirement pursuant to subdivision b of  section  12-126  of
 the  administrative  code  of  the city of New York, any employee of the
 city of New York who transferred from the New York  city  department  of
 health  and  mental hygiene to the New York city department of education
 during November of 2017, and who was  previously  eligible  for  retiree
 health benefits after completion of a defined period of service with the
 New  York  city  department  of  health and mental hygiene, shall not be
 subject to local law number nine of 2010 of the city of New York,  shall
 be  deemed  to  have  become employed by the board of education prior to
 April 27, 2010, and shall be subject to clause (B) of subparagraph 3  of
 paragraph  ii  of  subdivision a of section 12-126 of the administrative
 code of the city of New York.
   § 2. The associated costs of the implementation of this act  shall  be
 borne entirely by the city of New York.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03988-02-6

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