Bill Text: NY S00916 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the diminution of health insurance benefits of public employee retirees and their dependents or reducing the employer's contributions for such insurance from May 15, 2012 until May 15, 2013; defines public employers to include the state, municipalities, school districts, and public authorities and commissions.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S00916 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S00916-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          916
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  BRESLIN,  ADAMS,  DILAN, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON,
         KLEIN,  KRUGER,  MONTGOMERY,  OPPENHEIMER,  PARKER,  SAMPSON,  SAVINO,
         SMITH, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
         be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
       AN  ACT  in  relation  to  affecting  the  health insurance benefits and
         contributions of certain retired public employees
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. From on and after May 15, 2011 until May 15, 2012, a public
    2  employer shall be prohibited from diminishing the health insurance bene-
    3  fits provided to retirees and their dependents or the contributions such
    4  employer  makes  for  such  health insurance coverage below the level of
    5  such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and their
    6  dependents by such employer unless a corresponding diminution  of  bene-
    7  fits  or  contributions is effected from the appropriate level as of May
    8  15, 2011 during this period by  such  employer  from  the  corresponding
    9  group  of  active  employees  for such retirees. For the purpose of this
   10  act, "public employer" shall mean the following: (i) the state;  (ii)  a
   11  county, city, town or village; (iii) a school district, board of cooper-
   12  ative  educational services, vocational education and extension board or
   13  a school district as enumerated in section 1 of chapter 566 of the  laws
   14  of 1967, as amended; (iv) any governmental entity operating a college or
   15  university;  (v) a public improvement or special district; (vi) a public
   16  authority, commission or public benefit corporation; or (vii) any  other
   17  public  corporation, agency, instrumentality or unit of government which
   18  exercises governmental power under the laws of this state.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
   20  have been in full force and effect on and after May 15, 2011.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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