New York A 8563: Relates to excused absence of a public employee for mental health purposes

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A08563 Summary:

BILL NOA08563 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRajkumar

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§92-a, 119-n & 119-o, Gen Muni L; amd §§4702, 4704, 4705 & 4706, Ins L

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Authorizes municipalities and districts to enter into cooperative agreements for the provision of centralized public employee administrative and personnel services; provides for health insurance coverage of municipal employees pursuant to standardized health insurance contracts; authorizes the provision of reduced premiums for municipal health insurance plans which offer wellness programs.

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BILL NOA08563 

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05/20/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8563

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 20, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
 cities, towns, villages, school districts, boards of cooperative
 educational services, library districts, fire districts, improvement
 districts and special districts to enter into cooperative agreements
 for the provision of centralized public employee administrative and
 personnel services; and to amend the insurance law, in relation to
 authorizing reduction of premiums for municipal cooperative health
 benefit plans which offer employee wellness programs

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

 1 Section 1. Section 92-a of the general municipal law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
 3 8. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any public corpo-
 4 ration which provides health insurance benefits to its officers and
 5 employees pursuant to article forty-seven of the insurance law.
 6 § 2. Subdivision a of section 119-n of the general municipal law, as
 7 amended by chapter 413 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as
 8 follows:
 9 a. The term "municipal corporation" means a county outside the city of
 10 New York, a city, a town, a village, a board of cooperative educational
 11 services, a public library as defined in section two hundred fifty-three
 12 of the education law, a fire district or a school district.
 13 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 119-o of the general municipal law is
 14 amended by adding a new paragraph b-1 to read as follows:
 15 b-1. The establishment of a centralized office to collectively
 16 provide:
 17 (i) employee payroll, time, attendance and personnel administration
 18 services;
 19 (ii) participation in the New York state health insurance program;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 1 (iii) a personnel office to provide information on employee health
 2 insurance and other employee benefits;
 3 (iv) employee health insurance benefits from more than one health
 4 insurance carrier or organization, which grants each employee the choice
 5 of which health insurance plan which will provide coverage;
 6 (v) employee participation in tax deferred retirement plans, health
 7 care plans and child care plans;
 8 (vi) municipal cooperative health benefit plans pursuant to article
 9 forty-seven of the insurance law;
 10 (vii) adequate and ongoing financial controls and security arrange-
 11 ments to ensure that the participating municipal corporations and
 12 districts remain solvent;
 13 (viii) the preparation and dissemination of informational and solic-
 14 itation materials to facilitate comparison of the various employee
 15 health insurance plans offered by the participating municipal corpo-
 16 rations and districts;
 17 (ix) for the enrollment, billing, premium collection, premium
 18 disbursement and reconciliation, commission disbursement, and other
 19 processing services for health insurance benefits provided to municipal
 20 employees;
 21 (x) contracting with qualified third parties for the prov