N.Y. Civil Service Law § 172: Long term care insurance

§ 172. Long term care insurance. 1. The president is hereby authorized

and directed to establish a long term care insurance plan for state

officers and employees and their dependents and officers and employees

of the state colleges of agriculture, home economics, industrial labor

relations and veterinary medicine, the state agricultural station at

Geneva, and any other institution or agency under the management and

control of Cornell University as the representative of the board of

trustees of the state university of New York, and the state college of

ceramics under the management and control of Alfred University as the

representative of the board of trustees of the state university of New

York and their dependents, and for the employees and retired employees

of public authorities, public benefit corporations, school districts,

special districts, district corporations, municipal corporations

excluding active employees and retired employees of cities having a

population of one million or more inhabitants whose compensation is or

was before retirement paid out of the city treasury, or other

appropriate agencies, subdivisions or quasi-public organizations of the

state and their dependents as defined by the regulations of the

president, which, subject to the conditions and limitations contained in

this article, and in the regulations of the president, will provide for

insurance against the financial costs of long term care.

2. Participation in the long term care insurance plan shall be at the

option of the employee and shall be paid for solely by the employee in

accordance with this article.