Bill Text: NY A08362 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-24 - print number 8362a [A08362 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8362
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    January 9, 2013
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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,  which
    5  has  been  in  existence  for  a minimum of five years, in any county in
    6  which such municipality is located in whole or in part. Municipality  is
    7  defined as any city, town, village or any other municipal corporation, a
    8  school  district  or  any governmental entity operating a public school,
    9  college or university, a  public  improvement  or  special  district,  a
   10  public  authority,  commission,  or  public  benefit corporation, or any
   11  other public corporation, agency or instrumentality or unit  of  govern-
   12  ment which exercises governmental powers under the laws of the state but
   13  is not a part of, nor a department of, nor an agency of the 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.
                                                                  LBD13268-01-3