Bill Text: NY A09399 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domestic partners of fire protection inspectors of the New York city fire department.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-06 - referred to governmental employees [A09399 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09399-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9399

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      March 6, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Employees

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation  to health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domes-
          tic partners of members of the New York city fire department  employed
          as fire protection inspectors

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (ii)  of  paragraph  2  of  subdivision  b  of
     2  section  12-126  of  the administrative code of the city of New York, as
     3  amended by chapter 706 of the laws  of  2023,  is  amended  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    (ii) Where an active or retired member of the fire department dies and
     6  is enrolled in a health insurance plan, the surviving spouse or domestic
     7  partner  shall  be  afforded the right to such health insurance coverage
     8  and health insurance coverage  which  is  predicated  on  the  insured's
     9  enrollment in the hospital and medical program for the aged and disabled
    10  under  the  social  security  act  as is provided for retirees and their
    11  dependents as set forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph,  provided
    12  such  surviving  spouse or domestic partner pays one hundred two percent
    13  of the group rate for such coverage, with two percent intended to  cover
    14  administrative  costs incurred, provided such spouse or domestic partner
    15  elects such health insurance coverage within one year of  the  death  of
    16  his  or  her  spouse  or domestic partner. For purposes of this subpara-
    17  graph, "[retired] member of the fire department" shall  include  persons
    18  who[,  immediately  prior  to  retirement,]  were  employed  by the fire
    19  department of the city of New York in a title whose duties are those  of
    20  an emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician
    21  (as  those terms are defined in section three thousand one of the public
    22  health law), or whose duties required the direct supervision of  employ-
    23  ees  whose  duties  are  those  of  an  emergency  medical technician or
    24  advanced emergency medical technician (as those  terms  are  defined  in
    25  section  three  thousand  one of the public health law), or whose duties
    26  are those of a fire protection inspector or  associate  fire  protection

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 9399                             2

     1  inspector,  or whose duties required the direct supervision of employees
     2  whose duties are those of a fire protection inspector or associate  fire
     3  protection inspector.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.