Bill Text: NY S05759 | 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) 2020-02-12 - PRINT NUMBER 5759A [S05759 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S05759-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5759--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- 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 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. LBD11738-02-0
