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                                  3150

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 30, 2013
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Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
  relation  to health insurance coverage for surviving domestic partners
  of members of the police department and the fire  department  who  are
  enrolled in a health insurance plan

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

  Section 1.  Subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph 2 of subdivision
b of section 12-126 of the administrative code of the city of New  York,
as  amended  by  chapter 430 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as
follows:
  (ii) Where a retired  member  of  the  fire  department  dies  and  is
enrolled  in  a  health insurance plan, the surviving spouse OR ELIGIBLE
DOMESTIC PARTNER shall be afforded the right to  such  health  insurance
coverage  and  health  insurance  coverage  which  is  predicated on the
insured's enrollment in the hospital and medical program  for  the  aged
and  disabled  under the social security act as is provided for retirees
and their dependents as set forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph,
provided such surviving spouse OR ELIGIBLE  DOMESTIC  PARTNER  pays  one
hundred  two  percent  of  the  group  rate  for such coverage, with two
percent intended to cover administrative costs incurred,  provided  such
spouse  OR PARTNER elects such health insurance coverage within one year
of the death of his or her spouse OR PARTNER.    For  purposes  of  this
subparagraph,  "retired  member  of  the  fire department" shall include
persons who, immediately prior to retirement, were employed by the  fire
department  of the city of New York in a title whose duties are those of
an emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician
(as those terms are defined in section three thousand one of the  public
health  law), or whose duties required the direct supervision of employ-
ees whose duties  are  those  of  an  emergency  medical  technician  or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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advanced  emergency  medical  technician  (as those terms are defined in
section three thousand one of the public health law).
  (iii)  Where  a  retired  member  of  the police department, including
premerger retirees who were police officers employed  by  the  New  York
city  housing authority or the New York city transit authority, dies and
is enrolled in a health insurance plan, the surviving spouse OR ELIGIBLE
DOMESTIC PARTNER shall be afforded the right to  such  health  insurance
coverage  and  health  insurance  coverage  which  is  predicated on the
insured's enrollment in the hospital and medical program  for  the  aged
and  disabled  under the social security act as is provided for retirees
and their dependents as set forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph,
provided such surviving spouse OR ELIGIBLE  DOMESTIC  PARTNER  pays  one
hundred  two  percent  of  the  group  rate  for such coverage, with two
percent intended to cover administrative costs incurred,  provided  such
spouse  OR PARTNER elects such health insurance coverage within one year
of the death of his or her spouse OR PARTNER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.