Bill Text: NY S07234 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7234 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Grants employee discretion over coverage for dependents; authorizes each employee to have the option of selecting coverage solely for him or herself and his or her spouse.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S07234 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07234-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7234
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 8, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- 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  granting  employ-
          ee's discretion over coverage for dependants
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 164 of the civil service  law,  as
     2  amended by chapter 617 of the laws of 1967, and as designated by section
     3  1  of  part  W  of chapter 56 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
     4  follows:
     5    1. Each employee shall be entitled to have his  or  her  spouse  [and]
     6  and/or  dependent children, at such employee's discretion, as defined by
     7  the regulations of the president, included in the coverage upon agreeing
     8  to pay his or her contribution, if any, to the cost of such coverage for
     9  such dependents.   Each employee shall  have  the  option  of  selecting
    10  coverage  solely for him or herself and his or her spouse. The president
    11  shall adopt regulations governing the discontinuance and  resumption  by
    12  employees of coverage for dependents.
    13    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    14  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13184-02-6