* § 1122. New York state health insurance continuation assistance\ndemonstration project. (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this\nsection, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:\n (1) "Continuation assistance" means payments made by the\nsuperintendent to an eligible individual, a health plan or insurer, a\nparticipating employer, or a labor-management health benefits fund to\nallow an eligible individual to obtain or maintain continuation\ncoverage.\n (2) "Continuation coverage" means group health insurance coverage\nwhich a participating employer or labor-management health benefits fund\nis obligated to offer to an individual pursuant to the 1985 Consolidated\nOmnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), as amended by the Tax Reform\nAct of 1986, or continuation provisions pursuant to subsection (m) of\nsection three thousand two hundred twenty-one, subsection (k) of section\nfour thousand three hundred four or subsection (e) of section four\nthousand three hundred five of this chapter.\n (3) "Displaced worker" means an individual that is a resident of New\nYork state and has been terminated or has received a notice of\ntermination as a result of increased imports from, or shifts in\nproduction to, foreign countries as described in the Trade Act programs,\nTrade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and Alternative Trade Adjustment\nAssistance (ATAA).\n (4) "Eligible individual" means a person who is an entertainment\nindustry employee or displaced worker and who:\n (A) is not eligible for health insurance coverage or medical benefits\npursuant to part A or B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act or\ntitle eleven of article five of the social services law;\n (B) is eligible for or is currently enrolled under continuation\ncoverage (and, with respect to an entertainment industry employee, is\neligible for or enrolled under continuation coverage through a\ncollectively bargained plan covering entertainment industry employees),\nwhere such eligible individual is not covered under continuation already\nsubsidized through continuation assistance pursuant to the public health\nlaw;\n (C) resides in a household having a gross monthly household income at\nor below four hundred percent of the non-farm federal poverty level (as\ndefined and updated by the federal department of health and human\nservices);\n (D) is not eligible for employer provided coverage; and\n (E) maintains the same level of insurance coverage as when they were\nemployed.\n (5) "Entertainment industry employee" means an individual who is a\nresident of New York state and is employed in the entertainment\nindustry, as defined by the commissioner, including, but not limited to,\nthe film, motion picture, television, theater, music, music recording,\ndance, radio, and circus industries.\n (6) "Individual payment" means the amount of premium required for\ncontinuation coverage, less the amount of a continuation assistance\npayment made by the superintendent, to be paid by an eligible\nindividual.\n (7) "New York state health insurance continuation assistance\ndemonstration project" means the pilot program for the entertainment\nindustry employees and the pilot program for displaced workers.\n (8) "Participating employer" means an employer who is obligated to\ncontinue coverage for an eligible individual pursuant to the 1985\nConsolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), or subsection\n(m) of section three thousand two hundred twenty-one, subsection (k) of\nsection four thousand three hundred four, or subsection (e) of section\nfour thousand three hundred five of this chapter.\n (9) "Pilot program for displaced workers" means the program which\nassists eligible individuals who are displaced workers in obtaining or\nmaintaining continuation coverage pursuant to this section.\n (10) "Pilot program for entertainment industry employees" means the\nprogram which assists eligible individuals who are entertainment\nindustry employees in obtaining o
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