Bill Text: NY S02659 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2659 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Enacts the New York State veteran health insurance act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S02659 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02659-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2659
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 23, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
         ty and Military Affairs
       AN ACT to amend the executive law and the military law, in  relation  to
         the establishment of the New York state veteran health insurance act
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Short title.  This act shall be known and may be  cited  as
    2  the "New York state veteran health insurance act".
    3    S  2.  Article  17  of  the  executive  law is amended by adding a new
    4  section 369 to read as follows:
    5    S 369. VETERAN HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. THE DIVISION OF MILITARY  AND
    6  NAVAL  AFFAIRS  IS  HEREBY DIRECTED TO ADMINISTRATE, IN COOPERATION WITH
    7  THE DIVISION OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, A NEW YORK STATE VETERAN HEALTH INSUR-
    8  ANCE PROGRAM. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE ANY PERSON, WHO IS A MEMBER  OF
    9  THE NEW YORK ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OR THE NEW YORK AIR NATIONAL GUARD, AND
   10  WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO ENROLL IN THE TRICARE RESERVE SELECT HEALTH INSURANCE
   11  PROGRAM  WITH  ANY  AND ALL ENROLLMENT FEES, COST SHARING OR CO-PAYMENTS
   12  NECESSARY FOR SUCH PERSON TO ENROLL IN AND OBTAIN INDIVIDUAL  OR  FAMILY
   13  COVERAGE  UNDER  SUCH PROGRAM. THE PAYMENT OF SUCH FEES, COST SHARING OR
   14  CO-PAYMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED, PURSUANT TO REGULATION, EITHER DIRECTLY  TO
   15  THE  TRICARE  RESERVE SELECT HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM, OR ITS AGENTS, OR
   16  TO THE INDIVIDUAL ENROLLEE, UPON SUFFICIENT PROOF OF ENROLLMENT. NOTHING
   17  IN THIS SECTION, HOWEVER, SHALL REQUIRE  THE  VETERAN  HEALTH  INSURANCE
   18  PROGRAM  TO  PROVIDE  PAYMENT  FOR PROGRAM DEDUCTIBLES OR FOR THE TWENTY
   19  PERCENT NONPLAN MEDICAL PROVIDER CO-PAYMENT, OR THE FIFTEEN PERCENT PLAN
   20  MEDICAL PROVIDER CO-PAYMENT.
   21    S 3. The military law is amended by adding a new section 246-a to read
   22  as follows:
   23    S 246-A. VETERAN HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. THE  DIVISION  OF  MILITARY
   24  AND  NAVAL  AFFAIRS  IS  HEREBY DIRECTED TO ADMINISTRATE, IN COOPERATION
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07147-01-3
       S. 2659                             2
    1  WITH THE DIVISION  OF  VETERANS  AFFAIRS,  A  VETERAN  HEALTH  INSURANCE
    2  PROGRAM.  SUCH  PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE ANY PERSON, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE
    3  NEW YORK ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OR THE NEW YORK AIR NATIONAL GUARD, AND WHO
    4  IS  ELIGIBLE  TO  ENROLL  IN THE TRICARE RESERVE SELECT HEALTH INSURANCE
    5  PROGRAM WITH ANY AND ALL ENROLLMENT FEES, COST  SHARING  OR  CO-PAYMENTS
    6  NECESSARY  FOR  SUCH PERSON TO ENROLL IN AND OBTAIN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY
    7  COVERAGE UNDER SUCH PROGRAM. THE PAYMENT OF SUCH FEES, COST  SHARING  OR
    8  CO-PAYMENTS  MAY BE PROVIDED, PURSUANT TO REGULATION, EITHER DIRECTLY TO
    9  THE TRICARE RESERVE SELECT HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM, OR ITS  AGENTS,  OR
   10  TO THE INDIVIDUAL ENROLLEE, UPON SUFFICIENT PROOF OF ENROLLMENT. NOTHING
   11  IN  THIS  SECTION,  HOWEVER,  SHALL REQUIRE THE VETERAN HEALTH INSURANCE
   12  PROGRAM TO PROVIDE PAYMENT FOR PROGRAM DEDUCTIBLES  OR  FOR  THE  TWENTY
   13  PERCENT NONPLAN MEDICAL PROVIDER CO-PAYMENT, OR THE FIFTEEN PERCENT PLAN
   14  MEDICAL PROVIDER CO-PAYMENT.
   15    S 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   16  it shall have become a law.