New York S 8614: Authorizes the county of Orleans to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Ryan Flaherty, a deputy sheriff employed by such county

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S08614 Summary:

BILL NOS08614A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §369-gg, Soc Serv L; rpld & add Art 6 §§601 - 604, Fin Serv L

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Relates to the basic health program; permits a person or an eligible small group to purchase coverage from a basic health plan on behalf of an individual and any qualified dependents through the basic health program buy-in as long as the individual and any qualified dependents otherwise meet certain eligibility requirements (Part A); relates to consumer protection from health care costs (Part B).

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BILL NOS08614A

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12/12/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

02/10/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

02/10/2026PRINT NUMBER 8614A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8614--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 December 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
 the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the basic health
 program (Part A); and to amend the financial services law, in relation
 to consumer protection from health care costs; and to repeal certain
 provisions of such law relating thereto (Part B)

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

 1 Section 1. This act enacts into law components of legislation relating
 2 to health equity, affordability, and reform. Each component is wholly
 3 contained within a Part identified as Parts A through B. The effective
 4 date for each particular provision contained within such Part is set
 5 forth in the last section of such Part. Any provision in any section
 6 contained within a Part, including the effective date of the Part, which
 7 makes reference to a section "of this act", when used in connection with
 8 that particular component, shall be deemed to mean and refer to the
 9 corresponding section of the Part in which it is found. Section three
 10 of this act sets forth the general effective date of this act.

 11 PART A

 12 Section 1. Section 369-gg of the social services law, as added by
 13 section 51 of part C of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, paragraph (c) of
 14 subdivision 1 as separately amended by sections 4 of part BBB of chapter
 15 56 and part P of chapter 57 of the laws of 2022, paragraph (e) of subdi-
 16 vision 1, and subdivisions 5 and 7 as amended by section 2 of part H of
 17 chapter 57 of the laws of 2021, subdivision 2 as amended and subdivision
 18 9 as added by section 28-a, subdivision 6 as added by section 28 and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14093-02-6

 S. 8614--A 2

 1 subdivision 8 as amended by section 46 of part B of chapter 57 of the
 2 laws of 2015, paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 as amended by section 2 and
 3 paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 as amended by section 7-a of part BBB of
 4 chapter 56 of the laws of 2022 and paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 as
 5 separately amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
 6 read as follows:
 7 § 369-gg. Basic health program. 1. Definitions. For purposes of this
 8 section:
 9 (a) "Eligible organization" means an insurer licensed pursuant to
 10 article thirty-two or forty-two of the insurance law, a corporation or
 11 an organization under article forty-three of the insurance law, or an
 12 organization certified under article forty-four of the public health
 13 law, including providers certified under section forty-four hundred
 14 three-e of the public health law;
 15 (b) "Approved organization" means an eligible organization approved by
 16 the commissioner to underwrite a basic health insurance plan pursuant to
 17 this title;
 18 (c) "Health care services" means (i) the services and supplies as
 19 defined by the comm