Provides continuous coverage at the same rate to spouse or dependents of public employees who are injured in the performance of duty or taken ill as a result of a performance of duty until such time as the member has returned to active service, has separated from service or retires.

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A4954-2011 Actions

• Sep 23, 2011: tabled
• Sep 23, 2011: vetoed memo.60
• Sep 12, 2011: delivered to governor
• Jun 21, 2011: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 21, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 21, 2011: 3RD READING CAL.1434
• Jun 21, 2011: SUBSTITUTED FOR S5098
• Jun 14, 2011: REFERRED TO RULES
• Jun 14, 2011: delivered to senate
• Jun 14, 2011: passed assembly
• Jun 13, 2011: ordered to third reading rules cal.109
• Jun 13, 2011: rules report cal.109
• Jun 13, 2011: reported
• Jun 6, 2011: reported referred to rules
• Mar 22, 2011: reported referred to ways and means
• Feb 9, 2011: referred to governmental employees

A4954-2011 Votes

A4954-2011 Text

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

                                    4954

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                              February 9, 2011
                                 ___________

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

  AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to providing continu-
    ing  coverage  to  spouse  or  dependents  of public employees who are
    injured in the performance of duty or taken  ill  as  a  result  of  a
    performance of duty

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


    Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
  159-d to read as follows:

    S  159-D. HEALTH INSURANCE FOR SPOUSE AND DEPENDENTS OF PUBLIC EMPLOY-
  EES INJURED OR ILL.  HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR SPOUSE AND DEPENDENTS
  OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO ARE INJURED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY OR  TAKEN
  ILL  AS  A RESULT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY, SHALL CONTINUE COVERAGE AT
  THE SAME RATE AND IN THE SAME MANNER AS ACTIVE EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE SAME
  COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE MEMBER HAS RETURNED TO
  ACTIVE SERVICE, HAS SEPARATED FROM SERVICE OR RETIRES.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD05697-01-1