Senate · District 29 · 2009–10
Thomas K. Duane
SD-29No longer in office
In office since 2009 · 2 sessionsduane@senate.state.ny.us
Sponsored
221
205 bills, 16 resolutions
Passed a house
12
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
7
by the governor
Avg impact
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no rated bills passed yet
Vote participation
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no floor votes recorded yet
Effectiveness
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Sponsored bills
205 bills, newest firstInclude resolutions
- S3839In Senate Committee· Jun 1, 2010Creates the New York state safe patient handling task force
- S3844In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2010Subjects nursing homes not providing basic standards of care to nursing home diversion
- S4145In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2010Provides restrictions upon the use of state aircraft
- S4240In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2010Relates to the use of an official state of New York quality trademark for milk and milk products
- S4490In Senate Committee· Jun 17, 2010Provides for reimbursement for nurse practitioner services under certain policies of health insurance including individual and group accident/health
- S4492In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2010Establishes the clinical trial access and education fund to provide grants for certain services for patients with life-threatening or disabling conditions/diseases
- S4494In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2010Authorizes a physician assistant, acting under the supervision of a physician, to sign death certificates in like manner as physicians
- S4498Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 10, 2010Relates to a patient's right to palliative care information
- S4999Senate Floor Calendar· May 3, 2010Permits an electronic signature to register consent to make an anatomical gift
- S1385Senate Floor Calendar· Jun 29, 2010Requires 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
- S1440In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2010Provides for court-ordered rent abatement where the landlord fails to make repairs
- S1443In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2010Requires landlord to grant access to engineer or architect hired by tenants to inspect major capital improvements in certain multiple dwellings
- S1793In Senate Committee· Apr 7, 2010Enacts provisions relating to the reporting of child abuse
- S1795Senate Floor Calendar· Feb 24, 2010Enacts the protection in the workplace act
- S3527Senate Floor Calendar· Jul 15, 2009Enacts Nursing Care Quality Protection Act
- S3549In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2010Relates to Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, its causes, mortality rates, methods of treatment, methods of prevention, and cure
- S3578In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2010Extends the statute of limitations in criminal and civil actions for certain sex offenses committed against a child less than eighteen years of age
- S3838In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2010Relates to home care services registration
- S3906In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2010Requires incident reporting by home care services agencies, hospitals, and adult care facilities
- S4693In Senate Committee· Jan 6, 2010Establishes Haley's Act which prohibits direct contact between a big cat and a member of the public