STATE OF NEW YORK
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8649
IN SENATE
February 26, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domes-
tic partners of members of the New York city fire department employed
as fire protection inspectors
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph 2 of subdivision b of
2 section 12-126 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as
3 amended by chapter 706 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 (ii) Where an active or retired member of the fire department dies and
6 is enrolled in a health insurance plan, the surviving spouse or domestic
7 partner shall be afforded the right to such health insurance coverage
8 and health insurance coverage which is predicated on the insured's
9 enrollment in the hospital and medical program for the aged and disabled
10 under the social security act as is provided for retirees and their
11 dependents as set forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, provided
12 such surviving spouse or domestic partner pays one hundred two percent
13 of the group rate for such coverage, with two percent intended to cover
14 administrative costs incurred, provided such spouse or domestic partner
15 elects such health insurance coverage within one year of the death of
16 his or her spouse or domestic partner. For purposes of this subpara-
17 graph, "[retired] member of the fire department" shall include persons
18 who[, immediately prior to retirement,] were employed by the fire
19 department of the city of New York in a title whose duties are those of
20 an emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician
21 (as those terms are defined in section three thousand one of the public
22 health law), or whose duties required the direct supervision of employ-
23 ees whose duties are those of an emergency medical technician or
24 advanced emergency medical technician (as those terms are defined in
25 section three thousand one of the public health law), or whose duties
26 are those of a fire protection inspector or associate fire protection
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 inspector, or whose duties required the direct supervision of employees
2 whose duties are those of a fire protection inspector or associate fire
3 protection inspector.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.