Bill Text: NY A02459 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the unilateral diminution of health insurance benefits of public employee retirees and their dependents or reducing the employer's contributions for such insurance from May 1, 2008 until May 15, 2011; defines employers to include the state, municipalities, school districts, and public authorities and commissions.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-13 - held for consideration in governmental employees [A02459 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A02459-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2459
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CROUCH,  COLTON, BARCLAY, GIGLIO, McDONOUGH,
         McKEVITT -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Governmental
         Employees
       AN  ACT  in  relation  to  affecting  the  health insurance benefits and
         contributions of certain retired public employees
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  From  May  1,  2008 until May 15, 2013, a public employer
    2  shall be prohibited  from  diminishing  the  health  insurance  benefits
    3  provided  to  retirees  and  their  dependents or the contributions such
    4  employer makes for such health insurance coverage  below  the  level  of
    5  such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and their
    6  dependents  by  such employer unless a corresponding diminution of bene-
    7  fits or contributions is effected from the appropriate level as  of  May
    8  1, 2008 during this period by such employer from the corresponding group
    9  of  active  employees  for  such  retirees. For the purpose of this act,
   10  "public employer" shall mean the following: (i) the state; (ii) a  coun-
   11  ty, city, town or village; (iii) a school district, board of cooperative
   12  educational  services,  vocational  education  and  extension board or a
   13  school district as enumerated in section 1 of chapter 566 of the laws of
   14  1967, as amended; (iv) any governmental entity operating  a  college  or
   15  university;  (v) a public improvement or special district; (vi) a public
   16  authority, commission or public benefit corporation; or (vii) any  other
   17  public  corporation, agency, instrumentality or unit of government which
   18  exercises governmental power under the laws of this state.
   19    S 2. Nothing contained in this act shall  supersede  or  diminish  the
   20  terms of a collective bargaining agreement.
   21    S  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
   22  have been in full force and effect on and after May 1, 2008.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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