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Includes health care facilities operated or supervised by the department of correctional services or local correctional facilities within the definition of hospital

Includes health care facilities or part of a facility operated or supervised by the department of correctional services or by local correctional facilities within the definition of hospital for the…

Richard GottfriedOn the Assembly floor

Requires department of environmental conservation to establish guidelines for disqualification of stand-by contractors

Requires the department of environmental conservation to establish guidelines relating to the disqualification of contractors applying to perform stand-by contracts relating to past performance,…

J. Gary PretlowOn the Senate floor

Requires limit to maximum length of stay at residential program for victims of domestic violence

Requires limit to maximum length of stay at residential program for victims of domestic violence to not less than 180 days.

Rhoda JacobsSocial Services Committee

Provides that appearance enhancement businesses in the city of New York shall be maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions of the city health code

Provides that appearance enhancement businesses in the city of New York shall be maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions of the city health code.

Keith L.T. WrightRules Committee

Expands the definition of podiatry to include conditions of the ankle and all soft tissue structures of the leg below the knee affecting the foot and ankle

Expands the definition of the practice of podiatry to include conditions of the ankle and all soft tissue structures of the leg below the knee anatomically affecting the foot and ankle; establishes…

J. Gary PretlowHigher Education Committee

Authorizes insurance premium reductions for non-commercial private passenger vehicles retrofitted with daytime running lamps

Authorizes insurance premium reductions for non-commercial private passenger vehicles retrofitted with daytime running lamps; requires commissioner to promulgate by rule, qualifications and…

Sandy GalefOn the Assembly floor

Establishes a nuclear whistleblower access and assistance program to promote public health and safety

Directs the NYS energy research and development authority and public and private operators of each nuclear-powered electric generating facility to establish a nuclear whistleblower access and…

Richard BrodskyOn the Assembly floor

Enacts the engineers', architects', landscape architects' and land surveyors' good samaritan act

Enacts the "engineers', architects', landscape architects' and land surveyors' good samaritan act" to protect from liability for personal injury, wrongful death, property damage or other loss…

Steven EnglebrightHigher Education Committee

Requires insurers insuring property in floodplains to include damages done by wave action or windblown waves

Requires insurers insuring property in floodplains to include damages done by wave action or windblown waves and make available to all insureds who reside in single family homes in a floodplain…

J. Gary PretlowOn the Assembly floor

Criminalizes assault on a sanitation enforcement agent

Criminalizes assault on a sanitation enforcement agent.

Kevin S. ParkerOn the Senate floor

Alters the statute of limitations for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice

Alters the statute of limitations for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice to two years and six months from the time when a person knows or reasonably should have known of the alleged negligent…

Helene WeinsteinCodes Committee

Relates to requiring evening court hours for the adjudication of parking violations

Relates to requiring evening court hours for the adjudication of parking violations; requires that hearing examiner be available until 7:00 p.m. at least one evening each week.

Toby Ann StaviskyTransportation Committee

Provides authority for financing and construction of facilities for Mercy Flight, Inc., of Western New York

Provides authority for financing and construction of facilities for Mercy Flight, Inc., of Western New York.

Dale M. VolkerOn the Senate floor

Relates to the supervision of certain limited profit housing companies

Relates to the supervision of certain limited profit housing companies.

Jonathan BingOn the Senate floor

Provides alternative pricing methods in the sale and offering of funeral merchandise and services; provides for the repeal after one year

Provides alternative pricing methods in the sale and offering of funeral merchandise and services; provides for repeal after one year; mandates a report by the state consumer protection board on the…

Darryl TownsRules Committee

Provides for the sanitization of every used mattress or bedding material transported, stored or sold in the state

Provides for the sanitization of every used mattress or bedding material transported, stored or sold in the state.

Nelson CastroOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the taking of horseshoe crabs

Relates to the taking of horseshoe crabs.

Robert SweeneyOn the Assembly floor

Prohibits debt collectors from collecting or attempting to collect a debt owed by a deceased debtor that is known by such debt collector to be deceased

Prohibits debt collectors from collecting or attempting to collect a debt owed by a deceased debtor that is known by such debt collector to be deceased.

Linda RosenthalRules Committee

Provides all blind and visually impaired patients with an audio recording of the discharge plan

Provides that all blind and visually impaired patients with an audio recording of the discharge plan, to be made available according to the preference of such patient or such patient's representative.

Linda RosenthalCodes Committee

Requires publication of the New York City housing and vacancy survey and rent reduction schedules every three years

Allows owners of buildings which are master metered for electricity and have rent inclusion of electricity to file applications to terminate the rent inclusion of electricity for such accommodations.

Andrew HevesiOn the Senate floor

Makes conforming amendments to provisions of law relating to the Connecticut-New York bi-state Long Island sound committee

Makes conforming amendments to provisions of law relating to the Connecticut-New York bi-state Long Island sound committee.

Marc AlessiOn the Senate floor

Adds registered nurse and licensed practical nurse to assault of emergency medical professionals and provides for class C and D felonies for physical injury to them

Adds registered nurse and license practical nurse to assault of emergency medical professionals and provides for class C and D felonies for physical injury to them.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonOn the Senate floor

Makes provision to allow dissemination of information through tabling at college campuses

Defines the term "tabling" as dissemination of information and allows organizations to do tabling outside buildings on campus so long as they don't block access to the academic use of campus…

Toby Ann StaviskyOn the Senate floor

Eliminates the twenty million dollar cap on civic facilities authorized to be financed by industrial development agencies and authorities

Relates to funding of certain civic facilities by industrial development agencies.

William T. StachowskiLocal Government Committee

Establishes the strategic network partnerships program to organize, integrate and coordinate state programs designed to assist manufacturing industries

Establishes the strategic network partnerships program to organize, integrate and coordinate state programs designed to assist manufacturing industries to become more competitive and productive;…

Darrel J. AubertineWays And Means Committee

Requires health care professional education in the area of elder abuse

Requires physicians, chiropractors, dentists, registered nurses, podiatrists, optometrists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and dental hygienists to have completed one hour of coursework or training…

Jeffrey D. KleinOn the Senate floor

Allows credit unions, savings banks, savings and loan associations and federal savings associations to accept and secure deposits from municipal corporations

Allows credit unions, savings banks, savings and loan associations and federal savings associations to accept and secure deposits from municipal corporations.

Kevin S. ParkerRules Committee

Relates to a license to manufacture and sell alcoholic beverages in a premises commonly known as a restaurant-brewer

Adds a certain parcel of land to the list of premises which generally restrict manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers from sharing an interest in a liquor license.

James TediscoOn the Assembly floor

Provides all blind and visually impaired patients with an audio recording of the discharge plan

Provides that all blind and visually impaired patients with an audio recording of the discharge plan, to be made available according to the preference of such patient or such patient's representative.

David J. ValeskyStricken

Grants employees in labor class positions rights with regards to the suspension or demotion upon abolition or reduction of certain positions

Grants employees in labor class positions rights with regards to the suspension or demotion upon abolition or reduction of certain positions.

Diane J. SavinoRules Committee

Requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition

Requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition; establishes fines for violations of this requirement.

Michelle SchimelOn the Senate floor

Establishes protocols for combative sports; authorizes mixed martial arts events in this state

Establishes protocols for combative sports; authorizes mixed martial arts events in this state; establishes procedures for applications for licenses; establishes penalties for violations; imposes…

Steven EnglebrightWays And Means Committee

Relates to accessing the professional assistance program

Relates to accessing the professional assistance program for impaired professionals.

Jeffrey D. KleinHigher Education Committee

Relates to the display of the prisoner of war flag and the missing in action flag at public buildings

Relates to the display of the prisoner of war flag and the missing in action flag at public buildings.

Adriano EspaillatVeterans' Affairs Committee

Relates to green jobs-green New York on-bill financing

Relates to green jobs-green New York on-bill financing for retrofit projects; amends definitions.

Kevin CahillEnergy Committee

Urging the New York State Congressional delegation to provide for the temporary closure of two locks to prevent the migration of Asian carp into the Great Lakes

Mark J.F. SchroederEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to certification as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS)

Relates to certification as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS).

Barbara LiftonHigher Education Committee

Relates to structured settlements

Provides that a claimant shall have a claimant's structured settlement broker to objectively review the terms of the agreement and ensure that they are in the best interests of the claimant.

Joseph MorelleJudiciary Committee

Makes technical corrections to provisions on possession and transportation of wildlife

Makes technical corrections to provisions on possession and transportation of wildlife.

Andrew HevesiEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Authorizes certain wholesalers authorized to sell beer at retail for off premises consumption to also sell certain grocery items

Authorizes certain wholesalers authorized to sell beer at retail for off premises consumption to also sell certain grocery items.

Carl HeastieEconomic Development Committee

Amends definition of "caregiver" for purpose of obtaining the criminal history information of such person to include caregivers of senior, ill and disabled persons

Amends the definition of "caregiver" for the purpose of obtaining the criminal history information of such person to include persons employed to provide 15 or more hours of care per week to senior,…

David KoonGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to excluding qualified medical expenses from the definition of income for purposes of eligibility in EPIC

Relates to excluding qualified medical expenses from the definition of income for purposes of eligiblity in EPIC.

David KoonAging Committee

Relates to exempting from sales and compensating use tax products made in New York state

Relates to exempting from sales and compensating use tax products made in New York state; defines such products.

David KoonWays And Means Committee

Relates to establishing the New York state telehealth/telemedicine act

Promotes the development, provision and accessibility of telehealth/telemedicine services in New York state; establishes a telehealth/telemedicine research grant fund.

Joseph MorelleHealth Committee

Prohibits the displacement of a private company providing subscription garbage, trash or refuse collection and recycling service

Prohibits the displacement of a private company providing subscription garbage, trash or refuse collection and recycling service without a public hearing and written findings; defines displacement.

Craig M. JohnsonLocal Government Committee

Relates to verification of a name change

Relates to verification of a name change.

Harvey WeisenbergJudiciary Committee

Allows John R. Panichi to join the special retirement plan for sheriffs, undersheriffs and deputy sheriffs

Allows John R. Panichi to join the special retirement plan for sheriffs, undersheriffs and deputy sheriffs.

Ronald CanestrariGovernmental Employees Committee

Directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to study and report on the potential risks of the disposal of smoke detectors

Directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to study and report on the potential risks of the disposal of smoke detectors.

Alan MaiselEnvironmental Conservation Committee