Bill Text: NY S07358 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7358

Introduced

Bill Title: Allows Tammy Sciavillo, wife of deceased firefighter Vito Sciavillo, who was employed by the Greenville Fire Department in the county of Westchester, to file an application for continuation of state health insurance benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-11-17 - SIGNED CHAP.667 [S07358 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07358-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7358

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 19, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
          Pensions

        AN ACT to allow Tammy Sciavillo, wife of deceased firefighter Vito Scia-
          villo, to file an application for continuation of state health  insur-
          ance benefits

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any  general  or  special
     2  law,  rule,  or regulation to the contrary, Tammy Sciavillo, the wife of
     3  deceased firefighter Vito Sciavillo, who was employed by the  Greenville
     4  Fire  District  in the county of Westchester at the time of his death on
     5  August 30, 2022, is hereby authorized to file  an  application  for  the
     6  continuation  of  state  health  insurance  benefits pursuant to section
     7  165-a of the civil service law. Ms. Sciavillo shall be  deemed  eligible
     8  for  such benefits notwithstanding the discontinuation thereof following
     9  her husband's death. Such application, if filed with the New York  state
    10  department  of  civil  service  within one year of the effective date of
    11  this act, shall be deemed as timely filed.
    12    § 2. All costs of implementing the provisions of  this  act,  as  they
    13  pertain  to the authorization for Ms. Sciavillo to file for continuation
    14  of state health insurance benefits, shall be paid by the Greenville Fire
    15  District. All future costs associated with the  implementation  of  this
    16  act  shall be subject to the provisions of article fourteen of the civil
    17  service law.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11567-01-3