Bill Text: NY A00739 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes all municipalities, with the consent of the county and the governing body of such municipality, to join a county self-funded or self-insured health plan.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-15)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to insurance [A00739 Detail]
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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739
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:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding articles 44 or 47 of the insurance law or
2 any other provision of law to the contrary, a municipality is permitted,
3 with the consent of the county and the governing body of such munici-
4 pality, to join a county self-funded or self-insured health plan in any
5 county in which such municipality is located in whole or in part. Muni-
6 cipality is defined as any city, town, village or any other municipal
7 corporation, a school district or any governmental entity operating a
8 public school, college or university, a public improvement or special
9 district, a public authority, commission, or public benefit corporation,
10 or any other public corporation, agency or instrumentality or unit of
11 government which exercises governmental powers under the laws of the
12 state but is not a part of, nor a department of, nor an agency of the
13 state.
14 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
