Bill Text: NY S04148 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends supplementary medical insurance benefits reimbursement amount to include additional charges other than the premium charge; defines health benefit plan of supplementary medical insurance benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S04148 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S04148-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4148

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 2, 2021
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        Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

        AN  ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to reimbursement for
          medicare charges

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  167-a  of  the  civil service law, as amended by
     2  section 1 of part I of chapter 55 of the laws of  2012,  is  amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    § 167-a. Reimbursement  for medicare [premium] charges. Upon exclusion
     5  from the coverage of the health benefit plan  of  supplementary  medical
     6  insurance  benefits for which an active or retired employee or a depend-
     7  ent covered by the health benefit plan is or would be eligible under the
     8  federal old-age, survivors and disability insurance program,  an  amount
     9  equal  to  the  premium charge and any other additional charges for such
    10  supplementary medical insurance benefits  for  such  active  or  retired
    11  employee  and his or her dependents, if any, shall be paid monthly or at
    12  other intervals to such active  or  retired  employee  from  the  health
    13  insurance  fund.  Where  appropriate,  such  amount may be deducted from
    14  contributions payable by the employee  or  retired  employee;  or  where
    15  appropriate  in  the  case  of a retired employee receiving a retirement
    16  allowance, such amount may be included  with  payments  of  his  or  her
    17  retirement allowance. All state employer, employee, retired employee and
    18  dependent contributions to the health insurance fund, including contrib-
    19  utions  from  public  authorities,  public benefit corporations or other
    20  quasi-public organizations of the state eligible  for  participation  in
    21  the  health benefit plan as authorized by subdivision two of section one
    22  hundred sixty-three of this article, shall be adjusted as  necessary  to
    23  cover  the cost of reimbursing federal old-age, survivors and disability
    24  insurance program premium charges under this section. This cost shall be
    25  included in the calculation  of  premium  or  subscription  charges  for

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06696-01-1
        S. 4148                             2

     1  health  coverage  provided  to  employees  and  retired employees of the
     2  state, public authorities, public benefit corporations or  other  quasi-
     3  public  organizations of the state; provided, however, the state, public
     4  authorities, public benefit corporations or other quasi-public organiza-
     5  tions  of the state shall remain obligated to pay no less than its share
     6  of  such  increased  cost  consistent  with  its  share  of  premium  or
     7  subscription  charges  provided  for by this article. All other employer
     8  contributions to the health insurance fund shall be adjusted  as  neces-
     9  sary  to  provide  for such payments.  For purposes of this section, the
    10  term "health benefit plan of supplementary medical  insurance  benefits"
    11  shall  mean  the  health  benefit plan prescribed by section one hundred
    12  sixty-one of this article and shall include prescription drugs and medi-
    13  cations, group hospitalization, surgical and medical insurance  provided
    14  pursuant to such section.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.