STATE OF NEW YORK
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7302
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 19, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home-
land Security and Military Affairs
AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to providing for
reimbursement for certain insurance premiums for certain members of
the naval militia
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 210 of the military law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
3 10. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any New
4 York resident member of the naval militia who, when activated pursuant
5 to a call of the governor of this state or any other state as provided
6 for by law, shall be reimbursed by the state for premiums associated
7 with any individual or group health insurance policy, including benefits
8 pursuant to chapter 55 of part II of subtitle A of title X, 10 U.S.C §§
9 1071-1110(b), commonly known as TRICARE, of which the naval militia
10 member is a policy owner or beneficiary.
11 b. Such reimbursement shall equal one-thirtieth the amount of a naval
12 militia member's monthly premium for each day of service.
13 c. The state shall not be responsible for the procurement of health
14 insurance policies on behalf of members of the militia.
15 d. Premiums reimbursed for the provision of service members' health
16 insurance shall be paid only to provide coverage that is not paid for or
17 reimbursed by any other governmental entity. In no event shall a service
18 member who declines health insurance be entitled to any direct payment
19 pursuant to the terms of this section.
20 e. The adjutant general shall, in consultation with the state comp-
21 troller, promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the
22 provisions of this subdivision.
23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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