New York A 2501: Relates to health insurance for state officers and employees who receive health insurance benefits from the state

Status: REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 2501

Sponsors: Dana Levenberg, Charles Lavine, Chris Burdick, David McDonough, David Weprin, Jeff Gallahan, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Jen Lunsford, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Joe Angelino, Joe DeStefano, MaryJane Shimsky, Rebecca Seawright, Scott H. Bendett, Steven Raga, Tony Simone, Yudelka Tapia

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A02501 Summary:

BILL NOA02501 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01088

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SPONSORLevenberg

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COSPNSRSimone, Shimsky, Dinowitz, Burdick, Seawright, Gonzalez-Rojas, Lunsford, Raga, Tapia, McDonough,
 Angelino, DeStefano, Weprin, Lavine, Bendett, Gallahan

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §161, Civ Serv L

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Requires health insurance for state officers and employees who receive health insurance benefits from the state to take effect immediately upon employment.

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BILL NOA02501 

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01/17/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2501

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG, SIMONE, SHIMSKY, DINOWITZ, BURDICK,
 SEAWRIGHT, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, LUNSFORD, RAGA, TAPIA, McDONOUGH, ANGELINO,
 DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
 Employees

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to health insurance
 for state officers and employees who receive health insurance bene-
 fits from the state

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

 1 Section 1. Section 161 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
 3 4. The health benefit plan designed by the president, pursuant to this
 4 section, shall take effect immediately upon employment.
 5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 6 the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00365-01-5

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