Assembly Bill A3593A

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the number of alternate physicians who may be appointed

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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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2019-A3593 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1966
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-123, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A9555, S7186

2019-A3593 - Summary

Increases the number of alternate physicians who may be appointed to serve as the medical board of the NYC employees' retirement system.

2019-A3593 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3593
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, ABBATE -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to the medical board of the New York city employees' retire-
   ment system

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision a of section 13-123 of the administrative code
 of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 59 of  the  city
 of New York for the year 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   a. (1) There shall be a medical board of three physicians. One of such
 physicians  shall be appointed by the board and shall hold office at the
 pleasure of such board, one shall be appointed by  the  commissioner  of
 health  and  shall hold office at the pleasure of such commissioner, and
 the third shall be appointed by the commissioner of citywide administra-
 tive services and shall hold office at the pleasure of such  commission-
 er.
   (2)  The  board,  the  commissioner  of health and the commissioner of
 citywide administrative services shall each have power to appoint one or
 more but not exceeding [four] SEVEN alternate physicians, who shall hold
 office at the pleasure of such appointing board  or  official.  Whenever
 the  board  of  trustees  of  the retirement system shall so direct, the
 functions, powers and duties of the medical board, in addition to  being
 performed  and  exercised  by the three physicians appointed pursuant to
 paragraph one of this subdivision, shall be performed and  exercised  by
 one  or  more groups of three physicians as hereinafter prescribed. Each
 such group of three physicians shall function separately as the  medical
 board  and  each  such group may consist partly of a physician or physi-
 cians appointed pursuant to paragraph one of this subdivision and partly
 of one or more alternate physicians or may consist entirely of alternate
 physicians; provided, however, that one of the physicians  or  alternate
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2019-A3593A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1966
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-123, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A9555, S7186

2019-A3593A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the number of alternate physicians who may be appointed to serve as the medical board of the NYC employees' retirement system.

2019-A3593A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3593--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, ABBATE -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Governmental Employees  --  committee  discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to the medical board of the New York city employees' retire-
   ment system
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision a of section 13-123 of the administrative code
 of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 59 of  the  city
 of New York for the year 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  [(1)]  There shall be a medical board of three physicians. [One of
 such physicians shall be appointed by the board and shall hold office at
 the pleasure of such board, one shall be appointed by  the  commissioner
 of  health  and  shall hold office at the pleasure of such commissioner,
 and the third shall be appointed by the commissioner of citywide  admin-
 istrative services and shall hold office at the pleasure of such commis-
 sioner.
   (2)]  The  board,  the  commissioner of health and the commissioner of
 citywide administrative services shall each have power to appoint one or
 more but not exceeding [four alternate] EIGHT physicians, who shall hold
 office at the pleasure of such appointing board  or  official.  Whenever
 the  board  of  trustees  of  the retirement system shall so direct, the
 functions, powers and duties of the medical board, [in addition to being
 performed and exercised by the three physicians  appointed  pursuant  to
 paragraph  one of this subdivision,] shall be performed and exercised by
 one or more groups of three physicians as hereinafter  prescribed.  Each
 such  group of three physicians shall function separately as the medical
 board and each such group may consist [partly] of [a physician  or]  ANY
 physicians  appointed  pursuant  to  [paragraph one of] this subdivision
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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