§ 159 — Group insurance or mass merchandising policies or programs

§ 159. Group insurance or mass merchandising policies or\nprograms. 1. The president, subject to the approval of the director of\nemployee relations and the director of the budget, is hereby empowered\nto establish regulations relating to, and to enter into and administer\ncontracts or agreements providing for group insurance or mass\nmerchandising policies or programs for state employees in the executive\nbranch precluded from collective bargaining by subdivision five or\nsubdivision seven of section two hundred one of this chapter.\n 2. Any such policy or program shall be subject to the following\nprovisions:\n a. The benefits provided thereby shall be available to all state\nofficers and employees in the executive branch whose positions are\ndesignated managerial or confidential pursuant to article fourteen of\nthis chapter and all state officers and employees excluded from\nrepresentation rights under this chapter pursuant to rules and\nregulations of the public employment relations board, subject to\nreasonable underwriting restrictions of the selected insurers;\n b. The benefits provided thereby may be made available to state\nofficers and employees in the division of military and naval affairs in\nthe executive department; and\n c. Unless any group insurance or mass merchandising policy or program\noffered pursuant to this section is funded by payroll deductions in\naccordance with subdivision three of section two hundred one of the\nstate finance law, such policy or program shall be funded by specific\nappropriation of monies of the state, provided, however, both payroll\ndeductions and state appropriations may be utilized to fund any such\npolicy or program.\n 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, no\nstate monies shall be available for group insurance or mass\nmerchandising policies or programs established by the president until a\ncertificate of allocation and a schedule of amounts to be available\ntherefor shall have been issued by the director of the budget, and a\ncopy of such certificate filed with the comptroller, the chairman of the\nassembly ways and means committee and the chairman of the senate finance\ncommittee.\n 4. Monies appropriated and allocated for the purposes set forth\nherein, shall be paid out on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on\nvouchers certified or approved by the president.\n