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Provides that certain persons living with HIV or AIDS shall not be required to pay more than 30% of the household income towards shelter costs

Provides that persons living with clinical/symptomatic HIV or AIDS, and who are receiving shelter assistance or an emergency shelter allowance, shall not be required to pay more than 30% of the…

Deborah GlickVetoed

Vetoed

Prohibits the use of patient quotas for selecting dental treatments

Prohibits the use of patient quotas for selecting dental treatments by manufacturers upon dentists.

Richard GottfriedSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to co-payments for prescription drugs

Prohibits insurers, HMO's and health plans from charging a copayment for a prescription drug which is higher than the usual and customary cost of such drug.

Linda RosenthalSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires insurers who underwrite property and casualty policies in the state to cover costs associated with bedbug infestations

Requires insurers who underwrite property and casualty policies in the state to cover costs associated with bedbug infestations.

Dov HikindInsurance Committee

Relating to definition of an independent worker and requirements for an eligible insurer's application

Expands definition of an independent worker and requirements for an eligible insurer's application.

Sheldon SilverSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires N.Y. city school districts to notify parents of bedbug infestations

Requires city school districts having a population of one million or more to notify parents and persons in parental relation of any bedbug infestations found in a school.

Michael GianarisSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to a report on the capacity and staffing of the state prison system

Requires certain reports to the legislature regarding correctional facilities.

Jeffrion AubryVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to rental discrimination based on income

Relates to rental discrimination based on income.

Jonathan BingVetoed

Vetoed

Requires the required notice of foreclosure to tenants to include a notice of the rights of rent-regulated tenants

Requires the required notice of foreclosure to tenants to include a notice of the rights of rent-regulated tenants; requires such notice to include the name, address and telephone number of the…

Linda RosenthalSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to information and access to breast reconstructive surgery

Relates to information and access to breast reconstructive surgery.

Naomi RiveraSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to eligibility under the naturally occurring retirement community supportive service program

Relates to eligibility under the naturally occurring retirement community supportive service program; provides that an individual over the age of sixty need not be the head of the household to…

Jeffrey DinowitzSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to admission to adult care facilities

Relates to admission to adult care facilities.

Richard GottfriedSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to a patient's right to palliative care information

Requires a health care practitioner to provide a palliative care information and end of life options to a patient diagnosed with a terminal illness or condition.

Richard GottfriedSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to motions to vacate judgment against victims of sex trafficking for certain prostitution offenses

Permits motions to vacate judgment against victims of sex trafficking for certain prostitution offenses.

Richard GottfriedSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to extending the effectiveness of certain provisions until 2018

Relates to extending the effectiveness of the emergency housing rent control law and certain other provisions relating thereto until 2018.

Vito LopezOn the Senate floor

Relates to the definition of the practice of midwifery

Relates to the definition of the practice of midwifery.

Richard GottfriedSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires dissemination by certain state agencies of information pertaining to social services and financial assistance available to crime victims

Requires police stations, district attorney offices, hospitals and other places where crimes may, or must, be reported to make available to crime victims printed information pertaining to social…

Nettie MayersohnVetoed

Vetoed

Authorizes nurse practitioners to issue orders not to resuscitate; repealer

Authorizes certified nurse practitioners to issue orders not to resuscitate; defines "attending nurse practitioner".

Richard GottfriedVetoed

Vetoed

Includes lymphatic disease in the definition of children with physical disabilities, and requires the department to post certain links on its website

Includes lymphatic diseases in the definition of children with physical disabilities; requires the department to provide links to the national lymphedema and lymphatic disease organization on the…

Alan MaiselSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes the commissioner of health to make grants to be used to help pay for the costs of conducting local blood drives

Authorizes the commissioner of health to make grants to not-for-profit organizations and elementary, secondary and postsecondary schools to be used to help pay for the costs of conducting local…

Richard GottfriedVetoed

Vetoed

Prohibits hospitals from denying staff membership or professional privileges to psychologists without cause

Prohibits hospitals from denying staff membership or professional privileges to any psychologist without stating the reasons therefor; provides that such reasons must be related to standards of…

Richard GottfriedVetoed

Vetoed

Renames the Seek Program as the Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program

Renames the Seek Program as the Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program.

Keith L.T. WrightSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to persons who may register for the adoption information registry; repealer

Relates to persons who may register for the adoption information registry; relates to birth certificates of adopted children.

Richard GottfriedSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Permits an electronic signature to register consent to make an anatomical gift

Permits an electronic signature to register consent to make an anatomical gift.

Richard GottfriedSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Authorizes nurse practitioners to admit mentally ill patients

Authorizes nurse practitioners to admit a patient to an inpatient mental health unit on a voluntary or involuntary basis.

Felix OrtizHigher Education Committee

Relates to restricting duties which may be assigned to specialist's assistants in radiology

Relates to restricting duties which may be assigned to specialists' assistants in radiology.

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

Relates to prescription forms and labels, interpretation services and patients with limited English proficiency

Relates to prescription forms and labels; requires interpretation services by chain pharmacies for patients with limited English proficiency.

Richard GottfriedHigher Education Committee

Allows vesting of a health care proxy authority without incapacity of ward

Relates to individuals allowing their health care agents' authority to vest immediately, without a determination of incapacity.

Richard GottfriedHealth Committee

Directs the department of health to establish a certificate of recognition of stillbirth

Directs the department of health establish a certificate of recognition of stillbirth; provides such form shall be given to the parents of a stillborn child; makes related provisions.

Janele Hyer-SpencerWays And Means Committee

Suspends hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of natural gas or oil

Suspends hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of natural gas or oil until May 15, 2011; suspends the issuance of new permits for such drilling.

Robert SweeneyOn the Assembly floor

Expands the definition of "employee" for the purposes of defense and indemnification of certain nonjudicial employees

Relates to the defense and indemnification of certain nonjudicial employees certified by the office of court administration and paid by the city of New York to serve as a guardian ad litem in an…

Richard GottfriedOn the Assembly floor

Broadens scope of prevailing wage requirements for service employees and establishes criminal penalties for violations

Broadens scope of prevailing wage requirements for service employees and establishes criminal penalties for violations.

Michael GianarisOn the Assembly floor

Relates to driving while using a portable electronic device

Relates to driving while using a portable electronic device; removes the requirement that there be reasonable cause a person using the device has committed a violation to issue a summons.

Harvey WeisenbergRules Committee

Clarifies provisions relating to occupancy of class A multiple dwellings

Relates to clarifying provisions relating to occupancy of class A multiple dwellings.

Richard GottfriedOn the Assembly floor

Allows consideration of in-kind support when determining grantees of the naturally occurring retirement communities supportive service program

Allows consideration of in-kind support when determining grantees of the naturally occurring retirement communities supportive service program.

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

Requires prior written notice upon hiring and once annually to all employees, informing them of the types of electronic monitoring which may occur

Requires prior written notice upon hiring and once annually to all employees, informing them of the types of electronic monitoring which may occur; when an employer has reasonable grounds to believe…

Linda RosenthalOn the Senate floor

Relates to enacting the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote

Enacts the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote; creates a compact between the states and the District of Columbia; defines terms.

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the applicability of local laws of certain cities to buildings owned, leased or operated by the state or its agencies

Relates to the applicability of local building codes to state and state agency owned buildings; creates the New York city-New York state task force on building and fire safety; provides for the…

Richard GottfriedOn the Assembly floor

Provides limitations on use of evidence obtained in connection with a person seeking or receiving health care for a drug overdose

Provides limitations on use of evidence obtained in connection with a person seeking or receiving health care for a drug overdose.

Richard GottfriedRules Committee

Commending Paul Levine and Carmen Collado upon the occasion of working to solve the issue of the social worker shortage in the State of New York

Peter RiveraAdopted

Adopted

Amends the civil penalties authorized to be levied by local boards of health

Amends the civil penalties authorized to be levied by local boards of health.

Amy PaulinRules Committee

Prohibits smoking in private passenger cars, vans or trucks where minors less than 14 years of age are passengers in such vehicles; penalties for violation

Prohibits smoking in private passenger cars, vans and trucks where a minor less than 14 years of age is a passenger in such vehicles; provides for rebuttable presumption; provides that violations of…

Nettie MayersohnOn the Senate floor

Makes provisions relating to HIV testing, including consent for such testing, required offering for such testing, confidentiality and disclosure

Relates to HIV testing, including consent for such testing, required offering for such testing, confidentiality and disclosure.

Richard GottfriedOn the Assembly floor

Relates to cooperative bidding by libraries and library systems

Relates to cooperative bidding by libraries and library systems.

Amy PaulinOn the Assembly floor

Directs the commissioner of health to establish a schedule of fees for the use, maintenance and repair of air conditioners used by residents of adult homes

Directs the commissioner of health to establish a schedule of fees for the use, maintenance and repair of air conditioners used by residents of adult homes, enriched housing programs and residences…

James F. BrennanOn the Senate floor

Requires the state office for the aging to report on the delivery of services to and needs of traditionally underserved populations in their annual report to the governor

Requires the state office for the aging to report on the delivery of services to and needs of traditionally underserved populations in their annual report to the governor and legislature.

Micah KellnerOn the Senate floor

Authorizes pharmacists to perform collaborative drug therapy management with physicians in certain settings

Permits pharmacists that practice in licensed health care facilities to engage in collaborative management of drug therapy to reduce potential medication errors and adverse reactions pursuant to…

Ronald CanestrariOn the Senate floor

Relates to adverse event reporting and notification by hospitals and diagnostic treatment centers

Relates to adverse event reporting and notification by hospitals and diagnostic treatment centers.

Richard GottfriedRules Committee