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

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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]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7722

                               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

        AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to ensuring identical
          health benefits 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 provided to retired employ-
     4  ees under such health benefit plan at the time such employee enrolls  in
     5  medicare, as may be required for continued eligibility; provided, howev-
     6  er,  retiree  benefits under such health benefit plan may be coordinated
     7  with and treated as secondary insurance to medicare.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11738-01-9