Bill Text: NY S02659 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | 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 ________________________________________________________________________ 2659 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 23, 2013 ___________ 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.