§ 922. New York state small business health insurance partnership\nprogram. 1. The commissioner is authorized to the extent of funds\navailable therefor to establish the New York state small business health\ninsurance partnership program.\n 2. New York state small business health insurance partnership program.\n(a) A small business health insurance partnership program shall assist\neligible employers in purchasing small group health insurance policies\nfor their full-time employees and dependents.\n (b) An eligible employer may apply to the commissioner for approval in\nthe small business health insurance partnership program by submitting an\napplication on a form prescribed by the commissioner. The information\nrequired on such application shall include, but not be limited to:\n (i) the name and address of the employer and the nature of the\nbusiness;\n (ii) the names and salaries of the employer and employees;\n (iii) an affidavit by the employer that employer-provided health\ninsurance benefits have not been provided to employees in the\ntwelve-month period prior to the effective date of this article; and\n (iv) such other information as the commissioner may require.\n (c) Upon reviewing the applications from eligible small employers, the\ncommissioner shall, within the amount appropriated for such purpose,\naward partnership certificates to employers which meet the eligibility\nrequirements; provided however, no partnership certificates will be\nawarded by the commissioner on and after January first, two thousand.\nIn addition to evidencing approval of an eligible employer, the\ncertificate shall state the amount of a small business health insurance\npartnership incentive payment for a small group health insurance policy,\nwhich in no event may exceed forty-five percent of the premium costs for\ngroup health care coverage for employees and their dependents. Employees\nmay be required to make contributions to the payment of premium costs\nunder this program at the option of the employer, but in no event shall\nsuch contribution exceed ten percent of the premium costs. Premium costs\nincurred by an employer for small group health insurance coverage for\nofficers and directors of an employer and others with a proprietary or\nownership interest in the employer may be eligible for an incentive\npayment to offset premium costs; provided, however, that the gross\nhousehold income of such officers and directors or others with a\nproprietary or ownership interest is at or below two hundred twenty-two\npercent of the non-farm federal poverty level and provided further that\none or more employees and their dependents proposed to be covered by\nsuch group health care coverage are unrelated to such officers,\ndirectors or other persons with a proprietary or ownership interest. If\nafter joining the program an employer participating in a small business\ninsurance partnership program hires more employees so that the employer\nhas more than fifty full-time employees at any one time, the employer\nmay continue in the program but the premium costs attributable to the\nadditional employees in excess of fifty or their families shall not be\neligible for incentive payments.\n (d) In approving partnership certificates for eligible small employers\nprior to January first, two thousand, the commissioner shall:\n (i) first approve applications from eligible employers currently\nreceiving assistance through a small business health insurance program\ncreated by the expanded health care coverage act authorized pursuant to\nchapter seven hundred three of the laws of nineteen hundred\neighty-eight; and\n (ii) give preference to eligible employers with the lowest average\nsalaries and base the amount of the certificate on the salaries received\nby the employer and employees in order to maximize the impact of the\nsmall business partnership premium payments.\n (e) Upon receipt of a partnership certificate from the commissioner,\nan approved el
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