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History
- Substituted by A2327A
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1169
- Referred to local government
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Relates to expenditures from the insurance reserve fund established by the Scarsdale union free school district
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Amy Paulin
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S7322 REVISED 5/13/14
Title of bill
An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing the establishment of an insurance reserve fund by the Scarsdale union free school district and detailing what expenditures may be made from such fund
Purpose or general idea of the bill
To allow the Scarsdale union free school district to maintain a separate health insurance reserve fund and make expenditures from the health insurance fund to support its self-funded health insurance program
Summary of provisions
Section 1. This section amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 6-n of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 350 of the laws of 1988, to provide that the Scarsdale union free school district may make expenditures from an insurance reserve fund for any loss, claim, action or judgment for which the school district is authorized or required to purchase or maintain insurance for the kinds of risks for which insurance is authorized pursuant to paragraph three of subsection (a) of section one thousand one hundred thirteen of the insurance law.
Section 2. Provides the effective date.
Justification
The law currently authorizes municipal corporations to purchase a health insurance plan or to self-insure to provide health insurance for their officers and employees, and retired officers and employees. Further, section 6-n of the general municipal law authorizes municipal corporations to establish and make expenditures from an insurance reserve fund for any loss, claim, action or judgment for which the municipal corporation is authorized or required to purchase or maintain insurance. However, section 6-n exempts certain kinds of risks enumerated in the insurance law, including accident and health insurance, from the types of risks for which the municipality may make such expenditures. In this way, section 6-n of the general municipal law prohibits municipal corporations from making expenditures from insurance reserve funds in relation to self-funded health insurance programs.
However, there is an anomaly in the law because section 4706 of the insurance law recognizes the stabilizing benefits of maintaining a reserve fund by requiring such a fund where three or more municipal corporations join together to form a municipal cooperative health benefit plan. This legislation recognizes that the same rationale makes a health insurance reserve fund beneficial in the context of a single municipal corporation that self-insures, in the particular case of the Scarsdale union free school district.
The bill allows the school district to maintain such a reserve fund and make expenditures from such reserve fund for any loss, claim, action or judgment for which such school district is authorized or required to purchase or maintain insurance. In so doing, the school district and its taxpayers may obtain the significant stabilizing benefits of maintaining a reserve fund, and avoid the financial burden that would result when a municipal corporation or school district
wishing to self-insure could not do so because of the large year-to-year variations in claims against a self-funded health insurance program.
Legislative history
Similar to S.7528, 2012 referred to local government. Similar to A.10414, 2012 passed Assembly.
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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