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Enacts the "child abuse medical services act" to ensure that actual and suspected cases of child abuse are handled by properly qualified medical and allied personnel

Enacts the "child abuse medical services act" to ensure that actual and suspected cases of child abuse are handled by properly qualified medical and allied personnel.

Velmanette MontgomeryHealth Committee

Requires pharmacies to post notice of the professional misconduct complaint process

Requires pharmacies to post notice of the professional misconduct complaint process.

Catherine NolanHigher Education Committee

Establishes the New York calcium purchasing preference initiative

Establishes the New York calcium purchasing preference initiative by instructing the purchasing agent of any governmental entity to give preference to a product containing a higher level of calcium…

Velmanette MontgomeryConsumer Protection Committee

Makes sale of a controlled substance to a person less than 14 or 18 years of age the criminal sale of a controlled substance in the 1st or 2nd degree respectively

Increases penalties for the sale of controlled substances to minors: sale to persons under 18 years of age shall be an A-II felony and sale to a person under 14 years of age shall be an A-I felony.

Craig M. JohnsonCodes Committee

Makes provisions regarding medical assistance presumptive eligibility program

Ensures that uninsured persons discharged from mental hospitals have continuous access to medications; expands the medical assistance presumptive eligibility program to include persons without…

Velmanette MontgomeryHealth Committee

Establishes the community services response program under the auspices of the office of children and family services

Establishes the community services response program; requires the office of children and family services to establish community services response teams across the state; requires school districts to…

Velmanette MontgomeryChildren And Families Committee

Clarifies the definitions of vocational educational training and educational activities

Clarifies the definitions of vocational educational training and educational activities.

Velmanette MontgomerySocial Services Committee

Creates a personal income tax check-off box for donations to the school-based health centers fund

Creates a personal income tax check-off box for donations to the school-based health centers fund; creates the school-based health centers fund; specifies the use for which moneys of the fund may be…

Velmanette MontgomeryInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Creates youth employment and career development program in N.Y. city high schools administered by N.Y. city board of education; appropriation

Creates a youth employment and career development program in New York city high schools administered by New York city board of education to encourage the development of part and full-time jobs for…

Velmanette MontgomeryEducation Committee

Establishes the strategic partnership for industrial resurgence program

Establishes the strategic partnership for industrial resurgence program; provides New York state companies with technical assistance with research projects and with the application for federal…

William T. StachowskiHigher Education Committee

Requires the annual establishment of a legislative budget conference committee and subcommittees to resolve difference on the executive budget

Relates to the legislative budget and deposits to the tax stabilization reserve fund; requires that no later than March fifteenth of each year the temporary president of the senate, the minority…

Michael H. RanzenhoferFinance Committee

Relates to alternative delivery system contracts awarded by public authorities

Relates to requirements for soliciting and awarding alternative delivery contracts by public authorities.

Bill PerkinsCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Authorizes the sheriff to charge prisoners fees to support the operations of the facility where they are incarcerated; requires inmates to assist in the provision of services

Authorizes the sheriff to charge prisoners fees to support the operations of the facility where they are incarcerated and requires the inmates of the facility to assist in the provision of necessary…

George D. MaziarzCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Establishes training and registration requirements for kidney dialysis patient care technicians

Establishes training and registration requirements for kidney dialysis patient care technicians.

J. Gary PretlowHealth Committee

Allows farm service and non-residential customer-generators to designate 100% of wind generated credits

Allows farm service and non-residential customer-generators to designate 100% of wind generated credits to meters owned by such customer-generator and being within 25 miles of the wind electric…

Francine DelMonteStricken

Relates to court approval of transfers of structured settlements

Relates to court approval of transfers of structured settlements; requires an order to show cause and attendance of the payee.

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Relates to qualifications for certain appointed positions with the board of trustees for the state university and CUNY

Relates to qualifications for certain appointed positions with the board of trustees for the state university and CUNY; prohibits trustees from being employees of the appointing authority.

Rory LancmanOn the Assembly floor

Changes the state fiscal year from April first to June first, changes time frames for school district elections and notice of elections and submission of a property

Changes the state fiscal year from April first to June first with such fiscal year ending the next following thirty-first day of May; changes time frames for school district elections and notice of…

Brian KavanaghWays And Means Committee

Relates to deregulation by establishing income and rent thresholds for housing purposes

Establishes deregulation income thresholds and deregulation rent thresholds for certain housing purposes.

Jonathan BingOn the Assembly floor

Relates to cancer incidence and environmental facility maps project; repealer

Relates to cancer incidence and environmental facility maps project; requires the collection of information on the locations of environmental facilities and cases of cancer throughout the state.

Richard BrodskyOn the Assembly floor

Grants an exemption from licensing requirements for certain social work and mental health professionals employed by certain corporations

Grants an exemption from licensing requirements for certain social work and mental health professionals employed by certain not-for-profit corporations, education corporations and business…

Shirley L. HuntleyHigher Education Committee

Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the New York State Sheriffs' Association

Clifford CrouchAdopted

Adopted

Commending the New York State Division of Veterans' Affairs upon the occasion of celebrating its 65th Anniversary

Adriano EspaillatAdopted

Adopted

Relates to the purchase of cleaner vehicles for use by state agencies

Relates to the purchase of cleaner vehicles for use by state agencies; defines terms; provides that on and after January 1, 2011, one hundred percent of all new light-duty vehicles purchased by…

RoAnn DestitoGovernmental Operations Committee

Makes the provisions relating to contracts for minority and women owned businesses applicable to cities

Makes the provisions relating to contracts for minority and women owned businesses applicable to cities.

Peter RiveraGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to hazardous toys and other articles intended for use by children

Relates to hazardous toys and other articles intended for use by children.

Steven EnglebrightConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Relates to criminal contempt in the first degree

Relates to criminal contempt in the first degree; includes in the definition of the conduct prohibited violation of an order of protection which requires the respondent or defendant to stay away…

Joseph LentolCodes Committee

Commemorating the 51st Anniversary of the Westchester Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonAdopted

Adopted

Relates to standards for prompt, fair and equitable settlement of claims for health care and payments for health care services

Relates to standards for prompt, fair and equitable settlement of claims for health care and payments for health care services; prohibits insurers from seeking refunds after 24 months; provides for…

Neil D. BreslinInsurance CommitteeFinance

Authorizes municipalities to sell certain municipally owned dwellings to low/moderate income persons for nominal consideration

Authorizes municipalities to sell municipally owned 1-4 family residential dwellings requiring rehabilitation to persons of low and moderate income who are first-time homebuyers, for nominal…

Michael MontesanoHousing Committee

Jobs for New York state act; appropriation; repealer

Relates to the certification of businesses as clean energy enterprises and the termination or revision of an empire zone and procedures relating to uniform tax exemption policy; relates to empire…

Robin SchimmingerEconomic Development Committee

Prohibits public broadcast of 911 calls over radio, television or internet

Prohibits public broadcast of 911 calls over radio, television or internet.

Kenneth ZebrowskiLocal Governments Committee

Authorizes Collette V. Fournier to purchase certain service credit in the New York state teachers' retirement system

Authorizes Collette V. Fournier to purchase certain service credit in the New York state teachers' retirement system.

Ellen C. JaffeeGovernmental Employees Committee

Allows reimbursements for certain services provided by licensed mental health counselors

Allows health insurance reimbursements for certain mental health services provided by licensed mental health counselors.

Robert BarraInsurance Committee

Prohibits harassment, intimidation or bullying in schools

Requires provisions in schools that prohibit harassment, intimidation or bullying whether by electronic communication or a written, verbal, physical or sexual act.

Marcus MolinaroEducation Committee

Establishes the town of Ramapo industrial development agency

Establishes the town of Ramapo industrial development agency.

Ellen C. JaffeeLocal Governments Committee

Excludes certain seasonal fair workers from the definition of employee for purposes of the minimum wage act

Excludes certain seasonal fair workers from the definition of employee for purposes of the minimum wage act.

David J. ValeskyLabor Committee

Requires a safety and reliability inspection of all telephone poles used by telephone corporations providing telephone service to more than one million subscribers

Requires a safety and reliability inspection of all telephone poles used by telephone corporations providing telephone service to more than one million subscribers and the replacement or removal of…

Bill PerkinsEnergy And Telecommunications Committee

Memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim May 2010 as Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month in the State of New York

Donna LupardoAdopted

Adopted

Authorizes certain fire districts to offer certain benefits to their volunteer firefighters subject to mandatory referendum

Authorizes certain fire districts to offer certain benefits to their volunteer firefighters subject to mandatory referendum.

William J. Larkin Jr.Local Government Committee

Creates the short-term military service guardian

Creates the short term military service guardian; parent w/o joint custody may appoint service guardian; maximum 180 days.

Robert CastelliStricken

Authorizes the court to declare that a public body has violated the open meetings law or to declare that actions taken by a public body are void

Authorizes the court to declare that a public body has violated the open meetings law or to declare that actions taken by a public body are void; requires members of the public body to attend a…

RoAnn DestitoSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to open meetings of public bodies

Relates to open meetings of public bodies.

RoAnn DestitoSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides temporary retirement incentive for certain public employees

Diane J. SavinoSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes the detaining in the Chautauqua county correctional facility of persons awaiting arraignment in any local court in the county of Chautauqua

Authorizes the detaining in the Chautauqua county correctional facility of persons awaiting arraignment in any local court in the county of Chautauqua.

Catharine YoungOn the Senate floor

Establishes emergency evacuation plan for individuals with disabilities; and establishes $500 fine for failure to comply

Establishes emergency evacuation plan for individuals with disabilities; establishes $500 fine for failure to comply with such plan within one year of the effective date.

Jonathan BingStricken

Establishes the crime of operating a vehicle while fatigued

Establishes the crime of operating a vehicle while fatigued; relates to vehicular assault and vehicular manslaughter by including within the definition of such crimes the operation of a vehicle…

Grace MengTransportation Committee

Relates to the dedicated occupational safety and health training and education and occupational health clinic programs fund

Relates to the dedicated occupational safety and health training and education and occupational health clinic programs fund.

Susan JohnWays And Means Committee