Requires health insurance for state officers and employees who receive health insurance benefits from the state to take effect immediately upon employment.
Provides for crediting of probationary service when a person appointed provisionally receives a permanent appointment to the same title immediately following the provisional period.
Directs the department of civil service to collect and analyze health care claims data from the Empire Plan or its successor to develop a New York state health benefit plan pricing report; provides that such report shall include a comparative analysis of actual hospital in-network allowed amounts and out-of-network allowed amounts for each hospital facility located in the state of New York; specifies service categories.
Enacts the "police and fire employees retention act"; provides for a deferred retirement option plan payable to members of optional twenty-year retirement plans; outlines eligibility and payout of such plan; makes related provisions.
Authorizes the beneficiaries of a member of the state and local employees' retirement system who dies after filing a retirement application to choose pension benefits rather than a death benefit.
Authorizes Marie Glarakis, a former Suffolk county police officer who is receiving a performance of duty disability retirement, to change the designated beneficiary of her retirement benefits and her retirement option to single life allowance (Option 0).
Authorizes Susan Gillinder, the widow of Robert C. Ritchie, to file a new service retirement application and an option election form on behalf of her deceased husband with the New York state and local employees' retirement system.
Allows Brian Laurange Jr. to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of deputy sheriff for the Columbia County Sheriff's Office and be eligible to be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time deputy sheriff for the Columbia County Sheriff's Office.