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NY A 4990

in committee

Establishes the disability benefits maximization and assistance program to assist eligible state retirees in obtaining certain disability benefits

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 4990 pass?

Not yet. NY A 4990 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

What is NY A 4990 about?

Establishes the disability benefits maximization and assistance program to assist eligible state retirees in obtaining certain disability benefits; provides for the investing of any net savings realized by the program back into the New York state health insurance program for the purpose of eliminating or limiting the impact of any premium rate or other cost increases that would be the responsibility of an employee or retiree.

Who sponsors NY A 4990?

Stacey Pheffer Amato is the primary sponsor of NY A 4990, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Establishes the disability benefits maximization and assistance program to assist eligible state retirees in obtaining certain disability benefits; provides for the investing of any net savings realized by the program back into the New York state health insurance program for the purpose of eliminating or limiting the impact of any premium rate or other cost increases that would be the responsibility of an employee or retiree.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Stacey Pheffer Amatoprimary
  • John T. McDonald IIIcosponsor
  • Judy Griffincosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-10

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-28

    REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9759not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 959

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A4990?summary=&detail=

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