Bill Text: NY S05759 | 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) 2020-02-12 - PRINT NUMBER 5759A [S05759 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5759

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 14, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

        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