Bill Text: NY A09215 | 2021-2022 | 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: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-01 - substituted by s8192 [A09215 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A09215-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9215

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 9, 2022
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        Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Employees

        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.
                                                                   LBD14535-01-2