Co-sponsored bills

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 unlawful tenancies under the emergency tenant protection act of 1974

Relates to unlawful tenancies under the emergency tenant protection act of 1974; prohibits owners from entering or renewing leases where such owner has reason to know that such tenant will not…

Linda RosenthalRules Committee

Relates to income eligibility under the EPIC program

Provides that an individual shall not become ineligible under the EPIC program due to an increase in social security benefits or a public or private pension where such increase does not exceed the…

James F. BrennanRules Committee

Directs the New York state bridge authority to acquire and maintain the walkway over the Hudson bridge

Directs to the New York state bridge authority to acquire and maintain the walkway over the Hudson bridge to mean the Poughkeepsie-Highland railroad bridge which was constructed across the Hudson…

Frank SkartadosOn the Assembly floor

Relates to appointments to the water board of the city of New York

Relates to appointments to the water board of the city of New York.

David WeprinRules Committee

Establishes apportionment commission to create apportionment plans for congressional and state legislative districts based on federal censuses; repealer

Establishes an apportionment commission to create apportionment plans for congressional and state legislative districts based on decennial federal census, which shall be considered by and voted upon…

Michael GianarisWays And Means Committee

Relates to remote metering by farm and non-residential customer-generators

Relates to remote metering by farm and non-residential customer-generators for olar electric generating equipment or farm waste electric generating equipment.

Francine DelMonteRules Committee

Removes cancer screening deductibles, copayments and coinsurance

Removes cancer screening deductibles, copayments and coinsurance.

Linda RosenthalOn the Assembly floor

Relates to eliminating cost-sharing, deductibles and co-payments for certain prescription drugs

Provides that no health care plan or health insurance policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs and for which cost-sharing, deductibles or co-insurance obligations are determined by…

Micah KellnerOn the Assembly floor

Requires reporting of newborn hearing screening results and data to the department of health

Requires reporting of newborn hearing screening results and data to the department of health.

Frank SkartadosOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the educational preparation for practice of professional nursing

Requires registered professional nurses to attain a baccalaureate degree in nursing within ten years of their initial licensure; provides exemptions for those currently licensed or enrolled in…

Joseph MorelleCodes Committee

Requires hospitals to provide language assistance services

Requires hospitals to provide language assistance services to a patient or a patient's assistant for communication of clinical and other information, including but not limited to health care,…

Adriano EspaillatRules Committee

Prohibits the sale of information listed on prescriptions that identifies specific patients or persons legally authorized to issue a prescription

Requires prescription information to be kept confidential.

Kevin CahillOn the Assembly floor

Relates to payment of independent contractors

Relates to payment of independent contractors and authorizes the department of labor to investigate complaints, make claims for compensation, assess liquid damages, civil penalties and criminal…

Sheldon SilverLabor Committee

Relates to exculpatory material

Relates to exculpatory material and requires for disclosure of such to the defense.

Adriano EspaillatRules Committee

Relates to the powers of the chairman and the members of the authority; repealer

Relates to the powers of the chairman and the members of the state liquor authority.

Robin SchimmingerRules Committee

Makes provisions regarding the designation of polling places on college campuses

Provides that whenever a contiguous property of a college or university contains three hundred or more registrants, the polling place designated for such election district shall be on such…

Brian KavanaghOn the Assembly floor

Allows a person to institute an action for a violation of the provisions of the environmental quality review even if the injury does not affect the public at large

Prevents individuals from being denied standing in private actions alleging violations of the environmental quality review provisions of the environmental conservation law solely on the basis that…

Robert SweeneyRules Committee

Relates to the powers and duties of the commissioner and the department of environmental conservation relating to the pollution of fresh water supplies

Relates to the powers and duties of the commissioner and the department of environmental conservation relating to the pollution of fresh water supplies by oil, gas, salt water or other contaminants,…

Barbara LiftonEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Enacts the "reproductive health act"; repealer

Enacts the "reproductive health act"; provides a fundamental right to choose contraception and the right of a female to determine the course of a pregnancy; authorizes abortion prior to viability;…

Deborah GlickHealth Committee

Prohibits idling by heavy-duty vehicles

Prohibits idling by heavy-duty vehicles.

Brian KavanaghEnvironmental Conservation Committee