STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 6201

with Assembly Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Assemblyman VERRELLI)

ADOPTED: JANUARY 12, 2026

      These Assembly amendments remove language that would have required any cost savings proposals submitted by the State Health Benefits Plan Design Committee (SHBPDC), which the plan actuary determined would not result in recurring and actuarially verifiable cost savings, or less cost savings than proposed, to be adjusted to reflect the actuarially verified cost savings or eliminated from further consideration if no savings were actuarially verified or if the proposal would have increased the total costs of the plans. 

      The amendments also remove language that would have required the State to reimburse costs incurred by an insurance carrier for the development, implementation, administration, or compliance requirements associated with any cost savings proposals approved by the SHBPDC.