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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Insurance

AN ACT authorizing municipalities to join a county self-funded or  self-
  insured health plan

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

  Section 1. Notwithstanding articles 44 or 47 of the insurance  law  or
any other provision of law to the contrary, a municipality is permitted,
with  the  consent  of the county and the governing body of such munici-
pality, to join a county self-funded or self-insured health plan in  any
county  in which such municipality is located in whole or in part. Muni-
cipality is defined as any city, town, village or  any  other  municipal
corporation,  a  school  district or any governmental entity operating a
public school, college or university, a public  improvement  or  special
district, a public authority, commission, or public benefit corporation,
or  any  other  public corporation, agency or instrumentality or unit of
government which exercises governmental powers under  the  laws  of  the
state  but  is  not a part of, nor a department of, nor an agency of the
state.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04405-01-5