This bill requires health insurers and health maintenance organizations to provide group health insurance policyholders (typically employers or organizations) with a 30-day written notice before terminating coverage. The notice must be mailed to the last known residential address of each covered individual (certificate holder or member) and include details about their coverage rights before and after termination. Exceptions apply if the policyholder already provided 30 days' notice to members or arranged replacement coverage. The policy cannot terminate until 30 days after the required notice is mailed, directly affecting employees covered under group health plans.
This bill establishes a state-funded program to provide peer support for healthcare workers' mental health. It creates a grant program through the Office of Mental Health, allowing eligible organizations (like hospitals or community groups) to apply for up to $250,000 each to develop peer-to-peer mental health support programs. The program requires training for peer volunteers in areas like stress and suicide prevention, while prohibiting the collection of personal health data from workers seeking support. The state appropriates $10 million to fund the program, which takes effect immediately. The bill directly affects healthcare workers by expanding access to confidential mental health support through their peers.
Allows for participants in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations who were not members of a New York state retirement system at the time of such participation but who are now currently active members in such retirement systems to be eligible for disability benefits.
Bill A 8394 authorizes the governor to amend and continue the existing tribal-state compact with the Seneca Nation of Indians. This legislation directly affects the Seneca Nation, employees of their gaming facilities, and visitors to those facilities. The bill ensures that any amended compact will continue to provide specific assurances, including reasonable access for labor union organizers and recognition of unions for gaming facility employees. It also requires the compact to maintain an adequate civil recovery system and sufficient liability insurance for visitors and guests.
Relates to claims for mental injury premised upon extraordinary work-related stress incurred at work, including claims for post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder or major depressive disorder resulting from work-related stress when demonstrated that such disorder arose out of extraordinary work-related stress attributable to a distinct work-related event or events directly related to the employment and occurring during the performance of the employee's job duties; amends the effectiveness thereof.
Extends the benefits of the variable supplements fund to all New York city police officers, firefighters, housing police, transit police, correction officers and registered domestic partners.
Prohibits the diminution of health insurance benefits of public employee retirees and their dependents or reducing the employer's contributions for such insurance; defines employers to include the state, municipalities, school districts, and public authorities and commissions.
Enacts the "frontline worker assistance act" to establish a one thousand dollar tax credit shall apply to such public employees performing their duties while remaining at their worksite or job location during the pandemic and have not received additional compensation pursuant to a federal, state or local award, grant or retention payment.
Establishes a minimum threshold of five hundred dollars for recovery of overpayment of wages; provides an employee who is alleged to have been overpaid notice and an opportunity to respond to such allegation prior to the state seeking such recovery.
Requires health benefits for state and retired state employees have the option to only cover the employee or retiree and their spouse or domestic partner.
