Assembly Bill A8602

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides continuous health insurance coverage to spouse or dependents of public employees who are injured in the performance of duty or taken ill as a result of duty

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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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2009-A8602 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5704
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง159-d, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A4954, S5098

2009-A8602 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2009-A8602 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A8602 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8602

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 29, 2009
                               ___________

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.
                                                           LBD11974-03-9

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