Sponsored bills

Relates to creating incentives for counties to investigate and prosecute medicaid fraud

Creates incentives for counties to investigate and prosecute medicaid fraud.

Andrew GoodellHealth Committee

Provides lifetime, premium-free insurance through the Healthy NY program to a person who donates a kidney during the course of his or her lifetime

Provides lifetime, premium-free insurance through the Healthy NY program to a person who donates a kidney during the course of his or her lifetime.

Micah KellnerHealth Committee

Requires notice of public work projects to residents in N.Y. city

Requires notice of public work projects to residents in cities with a population of one million or more.

Michael G. MillerCities Committee

Provides for the payment of universal prekindergarten program aid for the 2009-2010 school year to the Dansville central school district

Provides for the payment of universal prekindergarten program aid for the 2009-2010 school year to the Dansville central school district.

Daniel BurlingEducation Committee

Provides for assistance to disabled drivers at gas stations

Provides for assistance to disabled drivers at gas stations.

Thomas AbinantiEconomic Development Committee

Relates to payment of legal fees incurred by cooperative corporations or condominiums in connection with tax certiorari proceedings

Relates to payment of legal fees incurred by cooperative corporations or condominiums in connection with tax certiorari proceedings.

Edward BraunsteinReal Property Taxation Committee

Relates to the income wealth index

Relates to the income wealth index.

Dennis H. GabryszakEducation Committee

Provides that an assault of a child where the defendant has a previous conviction for an assault of a child shall be an assault in the first degree

Provides that an assault of a child where the defendant has a previous conviction for an assault or an attempted assault of a child shall be an assault in the first degree.

Dennis H. GabryszakCodes Committee

Enacts comprehensive provisions to curtail the incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases

Enacts comprehensive provisions to curtail the incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases; requires teachers in public and non-public school systems to be trained in identifying and…

Marcos CrespoHealth Committee

Authorizes the board of elections to place the names of candidates on multiple pages of a ballot

Authorizes the board of elections to place the names of candidates on multiple pages of a ballot for any election.

Sandy GalefElection Law Committee

Relates to the examination of certain witnesses

Relates to the examination of certain witnesses; provides for an order directing examination of a witness conditionally be based upon the ground that such witness is mentally ill and thereby…

George D. MaziarzCodes Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim March 11, 2012, as Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Day in the State of New York

Linda RosenthalAdopted

Adopted

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim Saturday, March 10, 2012, as Harriet Tubman Day in the State of New York

Annette RobinsonAdopted

Adopted

Requires adequate staffing at correctional facilities

Requires the commissioner to establish a staffing plan for all uniformed and non-uniformed employees; further requires adequate staffing at correctional facilities.

Michael F. NozzolioFinance Committee

Congratulating Dorothy and Albert Sorbello upon the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary

William J. Larkin Jr.Adopted

Adopted

Requires certain signatures on real estate documents

Requires every real estate salesperson and real estate broker involved in or present during a real estate transaction to include his or her license number and signature on every document requiring a…

Michael DenDekkerJudiciary Committee

Raises the statutory minimum wage

Raises the statutory minimum wage from $7.15 to $8.50 on and after January 1, 2013; raises the minimum wage to $9.25 on and after January 1, 2014.

Adriano EspaillatLabor Committee

Requires a criminal history report for certain employment or volunteer applicants to the office for people with developmental disabilities

Directs the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to deny employment or volunteer applications based on a criminal history report for such applicant.

Andrew J. LanzaFinance Committee

Prohibits limitations in health insurance contracts or policies with respect to massage therapy performed by a licensed massage therapist

Prohibits limitations in health insurance contracts or policies with respect to coverage of massage therapy performed by a licensed massage therapist.

Dan QuartInsurance CommitteeFinance

Requires sex offenders who fail to register or verify twice or more to wear a location-tracking device

Requires sex offenders who fail to register or verify their registration on two or more occasions to wear a location-tracking device while on probation, parole, conditional release or post-release…

Joseph A. GriffoFinance Committee

Requires level 3 sex offenders and sexual predators to report to the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction to provide a current photograph every 90 days

Requires level 3 sex offenders and sexual predators to report to the law enforcement having jurisdiction to provide a current photograph every 90 days and whenever his or her probation officer or…

Joseph A. GriffoFinance Committee

Creates a private right of action for unlawful price gouging for injunctive relief and recovery of actual damages or $1000 whichever is greater

Creates a private right of action for unlawful price gouging for injunctive relief and recovery of actual damages or $1000 whichever is greater, or both, in addition to right of action granted to…

Jeffrey DinowitzConsumer Protection Committee

Authorizes the town of Ramapo to accept an application for real property tax exemption from the Iglesia Segunda Nueva Jerusalen in the village of Suffern, town of Ramapo

Authorizes the town of Ramapo to accept an application for real property tax exemption from the Iglesia Segunda Nueva Jerusalen in the village of Suffern, town of Ramapo, county of Rockland.

David CarlucciReal Property Taxation Committee

Creates a cap on state operating funds spending

Creates a cap on state spending.

Donald R. MillerWays And Means Committee

Provides for the reinvestment of funds into community-based services for persons suffering from chemical dependence and for establishment of fund

Provides for the reinvestment of funds generated by savings due to declines in the state prison census into community-based services for persons suffering from chemical dependence and for the…

Steven CymbrowitzAlcoholism And Drug Abuse Committee

Prohibits the sale of expanded polystyrene loosefill packaging

Phases out expanded polystyrene loosefill packaging that does not contain recycled material.

Robert SweeneyEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Allows municipal commissions to use alternate lists for filling vacancies with resident and non-resident minority group members and women in order to achieve diversity

Allows municipal commissions to use alternate lists for filling vacancies with resident and non-resident minority group members and women in order to achieve diversity in the workplace.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Creates the offense of criminal use of a firearm in connection with a crime; repealer

Relates to criminal use of a firearm in the first degree.

Brian KavanaghCodes Committee

Restricts the use of decabromodiphenyl ether in certain products

Restricts the use of decabromodiphenyl ether in certain products.

Robert SweeneyEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Authorizes payment of state aid for students with handicapping conditions; resulting savings to be used to reduce taxes

Authorizes payment of state aid by the commissioner of education for special education services for students with handicapping conditions for costs directly related to such services; provides that…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonEducation Committee

Enacts the "Omnibus Prevailing Wage Enforcement Act"

Enacts the "Omnibus Prevailing Wage Enforcement Act"; creates the office of the prevailing wage fraud inspector general for increased vigilance in the effort to achieve prevailing wage enforcement;…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonLabor Committee

Regulates the distribution of telephone directories and requires distributors to collect and recycle them

Regulates the distribution of telephone directories and requires distributors to collect and recycle them.

Alan MaiselEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Establishes a temporary commission to examine and review the degree of segregation in primary and secondary schools

Establishes a temporary commission to examine and review the degree and effect of segregation in primary and secondary schools and any correlation with school funding and the long-term impact of…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

Defines a bill of rights for persons with autism or autism spectrum disorders

Defines a bill of rights for persons with autism or autism spectrum disorders.

Roy J. McDonaldFinance Committee

Extends the biofuel credit and requires all municipalities to use biofuels for any purpose which requires the use of fuel

Extends the biofuel credit and requires all municipalities to use biofuels for any purpose which requires the use of fuel.

Joseph LentolWays And Means Committee

Requires the commissioner of correctional services to enter into agreements to house local inmates to alleviate overcrowding in local correctional facilities

Requires the commissioner of correctional services to enter into agreements with counties and the city of New York to take custody of inmates serving a definite sentence of more than 90 days to…

Stephen M. SalandFinance Committee

Provides for pharmacy benefit management and the procurement of prescription drugs at a negotiated rate for dispensation

Provides for pharmacy benefit management and the procurement of prescription drugs to be dispensed to patients, or the administration or management of prescription drug benefits; sets forth…

Richard GottfriedHealth CommitteeHealth

Requires that the training required of certain health care professionals for identification and reporting of child abuse include a domestic violence component

Requires the education commissioner to establish standards requiring that one hour of the three hours of coursework or training required of certain specified health care professionals regarding the…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonHigher Education Committee

Increases medicaid reimbursement payment aggregate for private duty nursing services and care

Increases medicaid reimbursement payment aggregate for private duty nursing services and care by 15 million dollars for period 7/1/12 to 3/31/13, and by 20 million dollars annually thereafter for…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonHealth Committee

Authorizes an accusing party to submit a response to the dismissal of a complaint, inquiry, investigation or proceeding relating to the conduct or discipline of an attorney

Authorizes an accusing party to submit a response to the dismissal of a complaint, inquiry, investigation or proceeding relating to the conduct or discipline of an attorney; provides for the sharing…

Suzi OppenheimerJudiciary Committee

Authorizes a non-party deponent's counsel to participate and make objections in an examination before trial in the same manner as counsel for a party

Authorizes a non-party deponent's counsel to participate and make objections in an examination before trial in the same manner as counsel for a party.

Daniel O'DonnellJudiciary Committee

Commemorating March 2012 as the Third Annual New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Month

Daniel O'DonnellAdopted

Adopted

Authorizes the fiduciary of a decedent to take control of certain web site accounts of the decedent

Authorizes the fiduciary of a decedent to take control of certain web site accounts of the decedent.

Jeffrey D. KleinJudiciary Committee

Establishes the safe homes act

Establishes the safe homes act authorizing law enforcement to remove firearms found on the premises where there has been a report of domestic violence.

Jeffrey D. KleinCodes Committee

Permits non-commercial private passenger car insurance to provide for an actuarially appropriate reduction in premium for cars with automotive monitoring devices

Requires any schedule or rating plan for non-commercial private passenger automobile insurance to provide for an actuarially appropriate reduction in premium charges for bodily injury liability,…

David CarlucciInsurance Committee

Provides opportunities for veteran-owned business enterprises

Provides opportunities for veteran-owned business enterprises.

Jack M. MartinsVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Permits counties, towns and villages to prohibit the placement of more than one level-two or level-three sex offender in a hotel or motel located within it

Permits counties, towns and villages to prohibit the placement of more than one level-two or level-three sex offender in a hotel or motel located within such county, town or village.

Jack M. MartinsCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of members of the agency police services unit; appropriation; repealer

Relates to compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of members of the agency police services unit; the employment benefit fund for certain members of the agency policy…

Joseph E. RobachSigned by Governor

Signed into law