Bill Text: NY A09888 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides continuous coverage at the same rate to spouse or dependents of public employees who are injured in the performance of duty or taken ill as a result of a performance of duty until such time as the member has returned to active service, has separated from service or retires.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-20 - REFERRED TO RULES [A09888 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09888-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9888
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 20, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Employees
       AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to providing continu-
         ing  coverage  to  spouse  or  dependents  of public employees who are
         injured in the performance of duty or taken  ill  as  a  result  of  a
         performance of duty
         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  159-d to read as follows:
    3    S  159-D. HEALTH INSURANCE FOR SPOUSE AND DEPENDENTS OF PUBLIC EMPLOY-
    4  EES INJURED OR ILL.  HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR SPOUSE AND DEPENDENTS
    5  OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO ARE INJURED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY OR  TAKEN
    6  ILL  AS  A RESULT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY, SHALL CONTINUE COVERAGE AT
    7  THE SAME RATE AND IN THE SAME MANNER AS ACTIVE EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE SAME
    8  COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE MEMBER HAS RETURNED TO
    9  ACTIVE SERVICE, HAS SEPARATED FROM SERVICE OR RETIRES.
   10    S 2. 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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