Please note that Assemblyman Spano has drafted this bill for the protection of our health benefits.  Further info is coming.

A07871 Summary:

BILL NO    A07871 

SAME AS    No same as

SPONSOR    Spano

COSPNSR    

MLTSPNSR   



Prohibits public employers from diminishing the health insurance benefits and
contributions of retired public employees.

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A07871 Memo:

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A07871 Text:

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

                                         7871

                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     May 19, 2011
                                      ___________

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

       AN ACT prohibiting public employers from diminishing the  health  insur-
         ance benefits and contributions of retired public employees

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

    1    Section 1. On and after the effective  date  of  this  act,  a  public
    2  employer shall be prohibited from diminishing the health insurance bene-
    3  fits  provided  to  public employee retirees and their dependents or the
    4  contributions such employer makes for  such  health  insurance  coverage
    5  below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such
    6  retirees  and  their  dependents by such employer unless a corresponding
    7  diminution of benefits or contributions is effected from  the  level  of
    8  benefits  or  contributions  provided to a corresponding group of active
    9  employees for such retirees.
   10    S 2. For purposes of  this  act,  "public  employer"  shall  mean  the
   11  following:  (i)  the  state; (ii) a county, city, town or village; (iii)
   12  any governmental entity operating a college or university; (iv) a public
   13  improvement or special district; (v) a public authority,  commission  or
   14  public  benefit corporation; or (vi) any other public corporation, agen-
   15  cy, instrumentality or unit of government which  exercises  governmental
   16  power under the laws of this state.
   17    S  3.  Nothing  contained  in this act shall supersede or diminish the
   18  terms of a collective bargaining agreement or an administrative code.
   19    S 4. Nothing contained in this act shall  require  a  public  employer
   20  which  does  not provide health insurance benefits to retirees and their
   21  dependents as of the effective date of this act to offer such benefits.
   22    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.


        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10282-02-1

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