Bill Text: NY A09888 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9888 I N A S S E M B L Y April 20, 2012 ___________ 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. LBD15343-01-2