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.
GOVERNOR
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
ALBANY, NEW YORK 12239
www.cs.ny.gov
NY12-22
TO: New York State Agency Health Benefits Administrators
FROM: Employee Benefits Division
SUBJECT: NYSHIP Rates Effective July 1, 2012 for Active Employees and NYSHIP Rates Effective July 1, 2012 for NY Retirees
DATE: June 11, 2012
Effective July 1, 2012, new NYSHIP Rate Flyers will replace December 2011and January 2012 versions as follows:
NYSHIP Rates Effective July 1, 2012 for Settled Groups [June 2012; NY0969] replaces:
- NYSHIP Rates and Information for 2012 [NY0941] for Employees of the State of New York who are Management/Confidential or represented by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA); Unified Court System (UCS) Judges and Justices, UCS Employees represented by CSEA and unrepresented Employees; Legislature
- NYSHIP Rates & Deadlines for 2012 [NY0954] for Employees of the State of New York represented by PEF and UCS Employees represented by unions other than CSEA
- NYSHIP Rate Changes Effective April 1, 2012 for APSU [NY0956]
NYSHIP Rates Effective July 1, 2012 for Unsettled Groups [June 2012; NY0985] replaces:
- NYSHIP Rates and Deadlines for 2012 [NY0953] for Employees of New York State who are represented by Council 82, DC-37, NYSCOPBA (Corrections titles only), PIA, PBA, PBANYS and UUP
NYSHIP Rates Effective July 1, 2012 for NY Retirees [June 2012; AL1177] replaces:
- 2012 NYSHIP Rates and Information for Retirees (NY) Effective January 1, 2012 [AL1116]
Please recycle any old copies you may have. These rate flyers reflect a provision of the 2012-2013 Executive Budget that changed the way the cost of reimbursing the Medicare Part B premium is shared among NYSHIP participants. This may result in a minor change to the amount deducted for NYSHIP coverage. This change will not result in a Special Option Transfer Period for NY Active enrollees or NY Retirees.
On May 23, 2012 the Employee Benefits Division issued Memo NY12-21, NYSHIP Rate Change Effective July 1, 2012, which shows the impact on enrollee deductions for NYSHIP coverage and explains the change in the law. If you have any questions regarding this change please review the memo, which can be viewed on HBA Online.
Distribution of NYSHIP Rates Effective July 1, 2012
We are not mailing this flyer to enrollee homes. We will mail each agency one copy of each version of NYSHIP Rates Effective July 1, 2012. You may order additional copies on HBA Online as needed. It will be included in quick order packages, which are available on HBA Online to order.
Publications available on our web site: https://www.cs.ny.gov
Please check our web site for new publications. We generally post publications when we sign off for printing.
Ordering Publications
To order additional copies of these publications, go to HBA Online and select Publications & Forms to order online.
If you need help accessing HBA Online, please call the Civil Service Help Desk at 1-800-422-3671 or 518-457-5406. Call the EBD Help Line at 518-474-2780 with questions about NYSHIP benefits.
If you are unsure how to order publications or have questions about the distribution, please call the Communications Unit at 518-457-7577.