August 12, 2008
Insuring ex-step kids?
With New Yorkers marrying, divorcing and remarrying, entering and exiting domestic partnerships, having kids and acquiring step kids who later become ex-step kids, it can't be an easy job to keep track of who legitimately qualifies to get state employee health benefits under family coverage plans.
Recent audits of six public authorities by the Office of the State Comptroller found only one, the Olympic Regional Development Authority,"was obtaining sufficient documentation from its employees to demonstrate that individuals being enrolled as dependents qualified for this coverage under state rules."
Cited for failing to adequately document that the status of spouses, domestic partners and children listed on employee health insurance policies are: Housing Finance Agency, State of New York Mortgage Agency, Hudson River-Black River Regulating District, NYS Bridge Authority and NYS Thruway Authority. (For links to audits, here.)
Auditors also faulted the Thruway Authority for extending health insurance benefits to unpaid four board members and one former board member. In February 2007, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said the practice was illegal. The authority waited 13 months to cease the payments, spending $51,667 in the interim.
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