Bill Text: NY A08947 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the department of civil service to conduct ongoing reviews of dependent eligibility provisions pertaining to dependents of enrollees in the New York state health insurance plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-23 - print number 8947a [A08947 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A08947-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        8947--A
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 4, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on  Governmental  Employees  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to requiring  reviews
         of dependent eligibility provisions pertaining to dependents of enrol-
         lees in the New York state health insurance plan
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
    2  164-a to read as follows:
    3    S  164-A.  REVIEWS OF DEPENDENT ELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS. THE DEPARTMENT
    4  SHALL CONDUCT ONGOING REVIEWS OF DEPENDENT  ELIGIBILITY  PROVISIONS  FOR
    5  ALL  NEWLY  HIRED  NEW  YORK STATE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN ENROLLEE DEPEN-
    6  DENTS, ENROLLEE DEPENDENTS IMPACTED BY CHANGE OF  FAMILY  STATUS  ACTIV-
    7  ITIES,   AND  NEW  ENROLLEE  DEPENDENTS  ADDED  DURING  OPEN  ENROLLMENT
    8  PROCEEDINGS THROUGH A QUALIFIED ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION VENDOR.
    9    S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 164 of the civil service law,  as  added
   10  by  section 1 of part W of chapter 56 of the laws of 2008, is amended to
   11  read as follows:
   12    2. During the fiscal year two thousand eight--two  thousand  nine  AND
   13  FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWELVE THROUGH TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, the pres-
   14  ident  shall  establish  an  amnesty  period  not  to exceed sixty days.
   15  During this amnesty period when any employee enrolled in the plan volun-
   16  tarily identifies any ineligible dependent:
   17    (a) the termination of the ineligible dependent's  coverage  resulting
   18  from such employee's timely compliance shall be made on a current basis;
   19    (b)  the  plan shall not seek recovery of any claims paid based on the
   20  coverage of the ineligible dependent;
   21    (c) the employee shall not be entitled to any refund of  premium  paid
   22  on behalf of any such ineligible dependent; and
   23    (d)  the  employee  shall not be subject to any disciplinary, civil or
   24  criminal action, directly as a result of the coverage of the  ineligible
   25  dependent.
   26    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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