RPEA Legislative Priorities 2012

I. Preserve public retirees’ access to affordable health insurance by:

Enacting a 90 days notice requirement before any locality may change a public retiree health insurance plan;
Guaranteeing current contribution rates for health insurance costs for current State retirees;
Making health insurance more affordable for retirees by establishing an “Enrollee plus One” option in their health insurance coverage; and,
Implementing certain recommendations of the Governor’s Task Force on Pubic Retiree Health Care to improve the accessibility and affordability of health insurance for local public service retirees.

II. Support Income Security for Public Service Retirees by:

Increasing the maximum allowable public service earnings to $32,500 per year for public retirees from the current allowable amount of $30,000.

III. Protect the Integrity of the Public Service Pension System by:

Establishing an institutional representative for all public service retirees in New York State and local government in an agency of State government;
Eliminating, prospectively, from the NYS Retirement System, staff of local government representative associations; and,
Keeping the State Comptroller as the Sole Fiduciary of the Common Retirement Funds.

RPEA Legislative Bulletins-2012

RPEA Retired Public Employees Association, 435 New Karner Road, Albany, NY 12205, (518) 869-2542 or toll-free (800) 726-7732