Bill Text: NY S04465 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Ensures that public retirees are not having their skilled nursing care benefits reduced under the state health benefit plan at the time they enroll for medicare.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-06 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S04465 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04465-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4465

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 9, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- 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 ensuring identical
          health benefits for skilled nursing care for public retirees

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

     1    Section 1. Section 161 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4.  There  shall  be no reduction of benefits for skilled nursing care
     4  provided to retired employees or covered dependents  under  such  health
     5  benefit  plan  at  the  time  such  person becomes eligible for medicare
     6  coverage; provided, however, retiree benefits under such health  benefit
     7  plan may be coordinated with and treated as secondary insurance to medi-
     8  care.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08808-01-3