Bill Text: NY A07414 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domestic partners of deceased active members of the New York city fire department who are enrolled in a health insurance plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-06-10 - substituted by s5678 [A07414 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07414-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7414

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 19, 2023
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        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

          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  430  of  the  laws  of 2010, is amended to read as
     4  follows:
     5    (ii) Where [a] an active or retired member of the fire department dies
     6  and is enrolled in a health insurance  plan,  the  surviving  spouse  or
     7  domestic  partner  shall  be afforded the right to such health insurance
     8  coverage and health  insurance  coverage  which  is  predicated  on  the
     9  insured's  enrollment  in  the hospital and medical program for the aged
    10  and disabled under the social security act as is provided  for  retirees
    11  and their dependents as set forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph,
    12  provided  such surviving spouse or domestic partner pays one hundred two
    13  percent of the group rate for such coverage, with two  percent  intended
    14  to cover administrative costs incurred, provided such spouse or domestic
    15  partner  elects  such  health  insurance coverage within one year of the
    16  death of his or her spouse or domestic partner.   For purposes  of  this
    17  subparagraph,  "retired  member  of  the  fire department" shall include
    18  persons 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).
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10194-01-3