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Senate Bill S7881A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to continued health coverage in retirement for certain NYC employees who transferred departments

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2025-S7881 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6249
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
New York City
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7984

2025-S7881 - Summary

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

2025-S7881 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7881 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7881
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 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-S7881A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6249
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
New York City
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7984

2025-S7881A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-S7881A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7881A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7881--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
   -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Civil  Service  and  Pensions  in
   accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 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.
                                                            LBD03988-03-6

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