Assembly Bill A1136

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides for eligibility for coverage under the New York state health insurance program for after-adopted children of unremarried spouses of deceased employees

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A1136 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§165 & 165-a, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A582
2011-2012: A237

2013-A1136 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for eligibility for coverage under the New York State Health Insurance Program for after-adopted children of unremarried spouses of employees of the state or participating employers; defines "dependent" to include such children.

2013-A1136 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1136

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Employees

AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to authorizing cover-
  age under the New York state health insurance program for after-adopt-
  ed  children of unremarried spouses of deceased employees of the state
  or a participating employer

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 165 of the civil service law, as
amended by section 5 of part T of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2010,  is
amended to read as follows:
  2. In the event of death of an employee having coverage at the time of
death  for  himself  or herself and his or her dependents, and where the
circumstances of death are such that beneficiaries or dependents of such
deceased employee are entitled to an accidental death benefit payable by
a retirement system or pension plan administered by the state or a civil
division  thereof  on  account  of  death  resulting  from  an  accident
sustained  in  the performance of his or her duties or to death benefits
provided for under the workers' compensation law, the unremarried spouse
of such employee covered at the time of his or her death and his or  her
covered  dependents,  for  so  long  as  they would otherwise qualify as
dependents eligible for coverage under the regulations of the president,
shall be eligible to continue full coverage  under  the  health  benefit
plan  upon  payment at intervals determined by the president of the full
cost of such coverage; provided, however, that the state shall  pay  and
any participating employer may elect to pay the full cost of such cover-
age,  except  that  in the case of those enrolled in an optional benefit
plan, the employer shall contribute not more than the same dollar amount
which would be paid if  such  unremarried  spouse  and  dependents  were
enrolled in the basic statewide health benefit plan. The president shall

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

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