Assembly Bill A4300

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires health benefits for state and retired state employees have the option to only cover the employee or retiree and their spouse or domestic partner

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A4300 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §164, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8602

2025-A4300 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires health benefits for state and retired state employees have the option to only cover the employee or retiree and their spouse or domestic partner.

2025-A4300 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4300
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to  requiring  health
   benefits  for  state and retired state employees to have the option to
   only cover the employee or retiree and their spouse or domestic  part-
   ner

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 164 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. EACH EMPLOYEE SHALL BE ENTITLED  TO  CHOOSE  BETWEEN  COVERAGE  FOR
 THEMSELVES,  COVERAGE  FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR SPOUSE OR DOMESTIC PART-
 NER, OR COVERAGE FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR SPOUSE OR DOMESTIC  PARTNER,  AND
 THEIR DEPENDENTS.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08634-01-5

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