NY State Senate Bill 2025-S1090

Senate Bill S1090

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires dental insurance coverage to be offered to employees that is effective immediately upon the starting date of employment

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

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Jan 08, 2025	referred to civil service and pensions

2025-S1090 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §160, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S4698
2021-2022: S1174
2023-2024: S1740

2025-S1090 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires dental insurance coverage to be offered to employees that is effective immediately upon the starting date of employment.

2025-S1090 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1090

SPONSOR: RAMOS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to requiring dental
insurance coverage to be offered to employees that is effective imme-
diately upon the starting date of employment

 
PURPOSE:

To require dental insurance coverage to take effect upon the starting
date of employment SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subdivision 2 of section 160 of the civil service law
to include a provision requiring employers to offer dental insurance
coverage which takes effect immediately upon the starting date of
employment.

Section 2 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Government employees who are eligible for dental insurance should not
have to wait weeks after their starting date to utilize their dental
benefits. Arbitrarily imposing any waiting period, whether it is a few
days or a few months, inhibits enrollees from seeking the care they need
when they need it. And, while waiting periods have been previously
justified as a means to curb costs, creating obstacles for enrollees to
access preventative treatment could ultimately result in higher costs in
the long run, not to mention greater health risks associated with wait-
ing. New York has an interest in ensuring the health and safety of its
public servants. Therefore, just as these employees commit to serve the
public on day one, employers should in turn commit to ensuring their
dental health on day one, not weeks afterward.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2023-24: S1740 (Ramos) Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

2021-22: S1174 (Ramos) Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

2019-20: S4698 (Ramos) Referred to Civil Service and Pensions / A6833
(DenDekker) referred to governmental employees

 
FISCAL IMPACT:

TBD

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

2025-S1090 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1090
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to  requiring  dental
   insurance  coverage to be offered to employees that is effective imme-
   diately upon the starting date of employment

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 160 of the civil service law, as
 amended by chapter 414 of the laws  of  1980,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  The  president,  in  [his]  THE  PRESIDENT'S discretion, is hereby
 empowered to make, amend and rescind, from  time  to  time,  regulations
 establishing a dental insurance plan which shall be a part of the health
 insurance  plan authorized by this article. Such regulations may provide
 for negotiating unit, employee and employer participation or  nonpartic-
 ipation,  employee,  dependent and retiree eligibility or noneligibility
 and such contribution rates as the president may determine  even  though
 such  regulations establish standards which differ from those applicable
 by law to other parts of such health insurance plan; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
 THAT  SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO OFFER DENTAL INSURANCE
 COVERAGE WHICH IS  EFFECTIVE  IMMEDIATELY  UPON  THE  STARTING  DATE  OF
 EMPLOYMENT.  The  president is hereby authorized and directed to provide
 in such regulations for participation in the dental  insurance  plan  by
 retirees;  provided,  however,  that  the claims experience for retirees
 shall be separately rated and premiums established separate  from  other
 participants  in  the  plan  and provided further that the full costs of
 participation in such plan, including all administrative costs, shall be
 borne by such retirees. Considering  the  dental  insurance  plan  as  a
 whole,  no regulation enacted pursuant to this subdivision shall provide
 or permit a benefit structure inconsistent with the most  efficient  and
 economical administration of such plan.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03197-01-5

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