§ 110-c. Deductions from benefits of certain retired members.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a retired member shall have
the right, at any time after the retiree's retirement, to execute and
file a deduction authorization card with the comptroller authorizing the
deduction from the retired member's retirement allowance of membership
dues and such retired member's share of the cost for employee
organization-sponsored benefit plans and the payment thereof to a
retiree organization of which the retired member is then a member and
which is then affiliated with either an employee organization certified
or recognized as the collective bargaining representative of all
employees in the negotiating unit of which the retired member was a part
prior to his or her retirement or with an employee organization with
which such employee organization is then affiliated. The comptroller
shall thereafter deduct from the retirement allowance of such retired
member the amount of membership dues and such amounts required to be
paid by such retired member for such authorized employee
organization-sponsored benefit plans, and shall transmit the sum so
deducted to said retiree organization. Such authorization shall continue
in effect until revoked in writing by such retired member. For purposes
of this section the term "employee organization-sponsored benefit plans"
shall include any and all insurance plans and/or other benefit plans
sponsored by such retiree organization whether provided by (a) a
not-for-profit corporation licensed under article forty-three of the
insurance law; (b) any insurance company authorized to do business in
this state; (c) a health maintenance organization issued a certificate
of authority pursuant to article forty-four of the public health law; or
(d) a self-insurance arrangement, welfare fund or benefit fund.