Bill Text: NY A07722 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-14 - print number 7722a [A07722 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07722-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         7722--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 17, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee  on  Governmental  Employees  --  recommitted  to the Committee on
          Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee

        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:

     1    Section 1. Section 161 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4.  There  shall  be no reduction of benefits for skilled nursing care
     4  provided to retired employees or covered dependents  under  such  health
     5  benefit  plan  at  the  time  such  person becomes eligible for medicare
     6  coverage; provided, however, retiree benefits under such health  benefit
     7  plan may be coordinated with and treated as secondary insurance to medi-
     8  care.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11738-03-0
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