The Empire Plan is a unique health insurance plan designed especially for public employees in New York State. Empire Plan benefits include inpatient and outpatient hospital coverage, medical/surgical coverage, Centers of Excellence for transplants, infertility and cancer, home care services, equipment and supplies, mental health and substance abuse coverage and prescription drug coverage.
ANDREW M. CUOMO
Governor
LOLA W. BRABHAM
Acting Commissioner
NY19-06
TO: New York State Health Benefits Administrators
FROM: Employee Benefits Division
SUBJECT: NYSCOPBA Dental and Vision Benefit Enhancements, effective June 1, 2019
DATE: April 4, 2019
The NYSCOPBA Dental and Vision Benefits brochure is now posted online and will soon be mailed to enrollee homes and agencies. This publication describes 2019 dental/vision benefit changes that will take effect June 1, as a result of the collective bargaining agreement between the State and the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA).
Distribution
This publication will be mailed to enrollees’ homes in April. The mail file was pulled from NYBEAS on April 1, 2019, so any Dental/Vision enrollee who was not on the file on that date should be provided a copy. We will send you two copies of the brochure.
Publications Available on NYSHIP Online: www.cs.ny.gov/employee-benefits under Other Benefits
Ordering Publications
You may order additional copies of the brochure [NYSCOPBA Dental/Vision 06/19, NY1286] on HBA Online under Publications & Forms. Please do not order copies until you have received your shipment.
If you need help accessing HBA Online, contact the ITS Service Desk at 844-891-1786, fixit@its.ny.gov or via chat at https://chat.its.ny.gov. If you are unsure of how to order publications or have questions about this distribution, please call the EBD Communications Unit at 518-457-7577.