New York A 1766: Authorizes all municipalities to join a county self-funded or self-insured health plan

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A01766 Summary:

BILL NOA01766B

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SAME ASSAME AS S04719-B

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SPONSORSteck

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COSPNSRBarrett, Blankenbush, Cook, DeStefano, Friend, Hawley, Hevesi, Lupardo, McMahon, Palmesano,
 Peoples-Stokes, Reyes, Stirpe, Woerner, Bendett, Manktelow, Tague, Brabenec, Sayegh, Angelino,
 Gallahan, Lunsford, Brown K, Sempolinski, Cashman, Kassay, McDonald, Kay

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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; requires certification.

Go to top A01766 Actions:

BILL NOA01766B

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01/14/2025referred to insurance

12/01/2025amend and recommit to insurance

12/01/2025print number 1766a

01/07/2026referred to insurance

05/15/2026amend and recommit to insurance

05/15/2026print number 1766b

05/20/2026reported referred to rules

Go to topA01766 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:INSURANCE Chair:Weprin 
DATE:05/20/2026AYE/NAY:22/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules WeprinAyeBlankenbushAye

CookExcusedHawleyExcused

LavineAyeGandolfoAye

SteckAyeJensenAye

DilanAyeBlumencranzAye

HunterAyeBendettAye

BronsonAyeChludzinskiAye

ForrestAye

AndersonAye

CruzAye

BoresAye

LunsfordAye

BergerAye

EichensteinAye

KayAye

YegerAye

WiederAye

LeeExcused

Go to topA01766 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA01766 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1766--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. STECK, BARRETT, BLANKENBUSH, COOK, DeSTEFANO,
 FRIEND, HAWLEY, HEVESI, LUPARDO, McMAHON, PALMESANO, PEOPLES-STOKES,
 REYES, STIRPE, WOERNER, BENDETT, MANKTELOW, TAGUE, BRABENEC, SAYEGH,
 ANGELINO, GALLAHAN, LUNSFORD, K. BROWN, SEMPOLINSKI, CASHMAN, KASSAY,
 McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Insurance in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 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. A municipality is permitted, with the consent of the county
 2 and the governing body of such municipality, to join a county self-fund-
 3 ed or self-insured health plan in any county in which such municipality
 4 is located in whole or in part. For the purposes of this act, a munici-
 5 pality shall be defined as any city, town, or village. In order for a
 6 municipality or municipalities to join the county self-funded or self-
 7 insured health plan, the governing board of the municipality shall adopt
 8 a resolution indicating that they consent to joining such plan and the
 9 county shall file with the superintendent of financial services certif-
 10 ication that, with inclusion of the lives to be covered in the plan,
 11 prior to the admission of the municipality or municipalities, that the
 12 county self-funded or self-insured health plan meets the following six
 13 requirements:
 14 (a) That the county and any municipality or municipalities joining
 15 such plan have mutually consented to join such plan.
 16 (b) That it maintain a reserve fund, calculated as a percentage of
 17 total annual incurred claims, of a minimum of 12% of claims.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04716-04-6

 A. 1766--B 2

 1 (c) That it has a surplus account, established and maintained for the
 2 sole purpose of satisfying unexpected obligations of the benefit plan in
 3 the event of termination or abandonment of the plan, which shall not be
 4 less than 5% of the annualized earned premium equivalents during the
 5 current fiscal year of the plan.
 6 (d) That it has in effect a specific stop loss per individual claim
 7 only, no aggregate, and with a minimum deductible of $200,000 to
 8 $250,000.
 9 (e) That it has a minimum of 1,000 covered lives including retirees,
 10 but not includi