Bill Text: NY S03660 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes all municipalities, with the consent of the county and the governing body of such municipality, to join a county self-funded or self-insured health plan; requires certification.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-19 - referred to insurance [S03660 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S03660-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3660
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 25, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens. GRIFFO, O'MARA, RITCHIE, VALESKY -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Insurance
        AN  ACT authorizing municipalities to join a county self-funded or self-
          insured health plan
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding articles 44 or 47 of the insurance law or
     2  any other provision of law to the contrary, a municipality is permitted,
     3  with the consent of the county and the governing body  of  such  munici-
     4  pality,  to join a county self-funded or self-insured health plan in any
     5  county in which such municipality is located in whole or in part.  Muni-
     6  cipality  is  defined  as any city, town, village or any other municipal
     7  corporation, a school district or any governmental  entity  operating  a
     8  public  school,  college  or university, a public improvement or special
     9  district, a public authority, commission, or public benefit corporation,
    10  or any other public corporation, agency or instrumentality  or  unit  of
    11  government  which  exercises  governmental  powers under the laws of the
    12  state but is not a part of, nor a department of, nor an  agency  of  the
    13  state.
    14    § 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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