| COSPNSR | ADDABBO, AVELLA, BRESLIN, DILAN, ESPAILLAT, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, LATIMER,
MONTGOMERY, PARKER, PERALTA, RIVERA, SAMPSON, SANDERS, SERRANO, SQUADRON, STAVISKY, TKACZYK |
| Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents: provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and duties of the board of trustees, the scope of benefits, payment methodologies and care coordination; establishes the New York Health Trust Fund which would hold monies from a variety of sources to be used solely to finance the plan; enacts provisions relating to financing of New York Health, including a payroll assessment, similar to the Medicare tax; establishes a temporary commission on implementation of the plan; provides for collective negotiations by health care providers with New York Health. |
