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S 4724 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Ensures identical health benefits for public retirees

Summary
Ensures that public retirees are not having their skilled nursing care benefits reduced under the state health benefit plan at the time they enroll for medicare.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesPrevents reduction in retiree health benefits, maintaining current government spending on public services.85% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcarePrevents reduction of skilled nursing benefits for public retirees upon Medicare enrollment, protecting existing coverage and aligning with benefit protection indicators.95% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Jan 28, 2026
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Total actions
4
Key actions
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Committee
4
Jan 28, 2026
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Pat Fahy
Pat Fahy
DDemocratic
NY
46
Co
Photo of James Skoufis
James Skoufis
DDemocratic
NY
42
Co
Photo of Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
DDemocratic
NY
23