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Urging the New York State Congressional delegation to re-authorize the federal College Cost Reduction and Access Act

Robert CastelliHigher Education Committee

Repeals certain provisions relating to podiatric scope of practice

Repeals certain provisions relating to podiatric scope of practice; does not authorize a physician to be called as an expert witness at a podiatric medical malpractice proceeding.

J. Gary PretlowCodes Committee

Authorizes a tax check-off for gifts to the explore the cosmos New York fund and the issuance of distinctive "Explore the Cosmos New York" license plates

Authorizes a tax check-off for gifts to the explore the cosmos New York fund and authorizes the issuance of distinctive "Explore the Cosmos New York" license plates.

Andrew J. LanzaRules Committee

Relates to assault on district attorneys, assistant district attorneys and assistant attorney generals

Relates to assault on a district attorney, an assistant district attorney or an assistant attorney general while in performance of assigned duties.

Andrew J. LanzaRules Committee

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim November 2012, as Home Care Month in the State of New York

Aileen GuntherAdopted

Adopted

Relates to podiatry and the scope of podiatric practice

Relates to podiatry and the scope of podiatric practice.

Tom LibousOn the Senate floor

Relates to permitted deductions from wages

Relates to permitted deductions from wages.

Catharine YoungOn the Senate floor

Relates to limits on certain supplementary insurance

Relates to limits on certain supplementary insurance; permits insured to refuse supplementary insurance; requires certain disclaimer; relates to payments to durable medical equipment providers.

James L. SewardOn the Senate floor

Establishes a voluntary surveillance access database

Establishes a voluntary surveillance access database where residential homeowners and business owners may elect to have information and/or images obtained from their closed-circuit television or…

Martin J. GoldenOn the Senate floor

Creates a veterans' job bank

Requires the division of veterans' affairs to maintain an employment portal on its website to assist veterans in obtaining employment.

Martin J. GoldenOn the Senate floor

Relates to the location for loading and unloading of bus passengers by an intercity bus

Relates to the location for loading and unloading of bus passengers by an intercity bus; provides that the city agency shall consult with the port authority of New York and New Jersey if such…

Martin J. GoldenOn the Senate floor

Enacts the "protection of people with special needs act"; repealer

Enacts the "protection of people with special needs act"; enacts various provisions for the protection of persons in state operated and licensed facilities from abuse, neglect and mistreatment;…

Felix OrtizOn the Assembly floor

Permits an insurer to rescind or retroactively cancel a policy in circumstance involving an accident staged to defraud an insurer

Permits an insurer to rescind or retroactively cancel a policy in circumstance involving an accident staged to defraud an insurer.

Martin J. GoldenInsurance Committee

Establishes protections to prevent surprise medical bills

Establishes protections to prevent surprise medical bills including network adequacy requirements, claim submission requirements, adequacy of and access to out-of-network care and prohibition of…

Kemp HannonInsurance Committee

Establishes a third judgeship in the city court of the city of Newburgh, to adjudicate quality of life violations and landlord/tenant disputes

Establishes a third judgeship in the city court of the city of Newburgh, to adjudicate quality of life violations and landlord/tenant disputes.

William J. Larkin Jr.Judiciary Committee

Extends through January 1, 2015, provisions authorizing the operation of certain leased craft without a boating safety certificate

Extends through January 1, 2015, provisions authorizing the operation of certain leased personal watercraft and prop-craft without a boating safety certificate.

Betty LittleOn the Senate floor

Relates to licenses to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises

Relates to licenses to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises.

Tom LibousEconomic Development Committee

Authorizes the legislature to settle the land dispute between the state and private parties in township 40, Totten and Crossfield Purchase in Long Lake

Authorizes the legislature to settle the land dispute between the state and private parties in township 40, Totten and Crossfield purchase in the town of Long Lake, county of Hamilton, such lands…

Betty LittlePassed Assembly

Implements the settlement of land disputes between the state and private parties with regard to parcels in township 40, Totten and Crossfield Purchase, Long Lake

Establishes provisions of law, as authorized by a proposed constitutional amendment, providing for the settlement of land disputes between the state and private parties with regard to parcels in…

Betty LittleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Directs the department of transportation to keep open the high-occupancy vehicle lane on certain areas of I-278 for twenty-four hour periods

Directs the department of transportation to keep open the high occupancy vehicle lane on certain areas of I-278 for twenty-four hour periods.

Diane J. SavinoTransportation Committee

Authorizes the state to engage in a land exchange with NYCO Minerals, Inc. relating to certain land in the town of Lewis, county of Essex, within the forest preserve

Authorizes the state to engage in a land exchange with NYCO Minerals, Inc. relating to certain land in the town of Lewis, county of Essex, within the state forest preserve.

Betty LittlePassed Assembly

Relates to the commercial display of human remains

Relates to the commercial display of human remains; requires the department of health to implement a permit process for anyone displaying human remains for payment or other consideration; exempts…

James S. AlesiCodes Committee

Permits certain motor vehicles on a section of public road within a distance of approximately 1.65 miles from exit 20 of the New York state thruway

Permits certain motor vehicles on a section of public road within a distance of approximately 1.65 miles from exit 20 of the New York state thruway.

John J. BonacicTransportation Committee

Relates to certain residency requirements for certain positions

Provides that requirements for certain positions do not apply to persons employed as an auxiliary police officer or special deputy sheriff.

George D. MaziarzGovernmental Operations Committee

Authorizes and validates the alienation of certain parkland known as Empire Fulton Ferry state park

Authorizes and validates the alienation of certain parkland known as Empire Fulton Ferry state park in accordance with letters patent dated July 8, 2010 from the office of general services to the…

Daniel L. SquadronOn the Senate floor

Relates to self-funded student health benefit plans

Relates to self-funded student health benefit plans.

Joseph MorelleOn the Assembly floor

Relates to adoptions from a foreign country

Relates to adoptions from a foreign country.

Stephen M. SalandOn the Senate floor

Relates to the Empire state commercial production tax credit

Relates to the Empire state commercial production tax credit; includes production of digital gaming media.

Martin J. GoldenWays And Means Committee

Authorizes the city of Rochester school district to require kindergarten attendance

Authorizes the Rochester city school district to require kindergarten attendance.

Joseph E. RobachOn the Senate floor

Provides eligibility for dormitory authority financing for construction of capital facilities for the Mamakating library district

Provides eligibility for dormitory authority financing for construction of capital facilities for the Mamakating library district.

John J. BonacicOn the Senate floor

Increases the base pilotage tariffs at Sandy Hook, Sands Point and Execution Rocks

Increases the base pilotage tariffs at Sandy Hook, Sands Point and Execution Rocks.

Andrew J. LanzaOn the Senate floor

Requires a health impact assessment for horizontal gas drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing in New York

Requires a health impact assessment for horizontal gas drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing in New York.

Robert SweeneyRules Committee

Authorizes the town of Clifton Park to discontinue the use of certain park land and lease such land for use of a wireless communications facility

Authorizes the town of Clifton Park to discontinue the use of certain park land and lease such land for use as a wireless communications facility.

Roy J. McDonaldOn the Senate floor

Establishes a residential-commercial exemption program in certain counties

Establishes a residential-commercial exemption program in certain counties.

Thomas F. O'MaraOn the Senate floor

Includes eating disorders awareness, prevention, reduction and treatment within the health care and wellness education and outreach program

Includes eating disorders awareness, prevention, reduction and treatment, especially among children and adolescents, within the health care and wellness education and outreach program of the…

Peter RiveraRules Committee

Directs the commissioner of health to develop a standard prior prescription drug authorization request form for managed care providers

Directs the commissioner of health to develop a standard prior prescription drug authorization form for managed care providers.

Kemp HannonOn the Senate floor

Authorizes the county of Putnam to grant exemption from county sales and use taxes during the period August 10 - 19, 2012 for certain items

Authorizes the county of Putnam to grant exemption from county sales and use taxes during the period August 10 - 19, 2012 for certain items.

Greg BallWays And Means Committee

Authorizes the commissioner of education to apportion and pay aid to the Jordan Elbridge central school district for prior expenditures for employee benefits

Authorizes the commissioner of education to apportion and pay aid to the Jordan Elbridge central school district for prior expenditures for employee benefits.

John A. DeFranciscoOn the Senate floor

Relates to uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for ambulance services, volunteer fire departments and volunteer ambulance services

Relates to uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for corporate and business entities, volunteer fire departments and volunteer ambulance services.

James L. SewardOn the Senate floor

Relates to annual professional performance review plans submitted by the highest performing ten percent of school districts

Relates to annual professional performance review plans submitted by the highest performing ten percent of school districts.

Jack M. MartinsEducation Committee

Includes the Sons of the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary in the definition of "club," extending certain provisions to such groups

Includes the Sons of the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary in the definition of "club," extending certain provisions to such groups.

Carl L. MarcellinoOn the Senate floor

Designates certain persons appointed by a county sheriff's office as peace officers

Designates certain persons appointed by a county sheriff's office, outside of the city of New York, when acting pursuant to their special duties serving as uniformed deputies working in a…

Patrick M. GallivanCodes Committee

Amends chapter 658 of 2002, to extend provisions relating to citizenship requirements for permanent certification as a teacher

Extends provisions relating to citizenship requirements for permanent certification as a teacher.

John J. FlanaganOn the Senate floor

Limits imposition of metropolitan commuter transportation tax on self-employment earnings to annual earnings over $250,000

Limits imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation tax on self-employment earnings to annual earnings over $250,000, and establishes tax rates for the taxation of such earnings.

Greg BallWays And Means Committee

Relates to alternative institutional support programs for school districts

Relates to experimental alternative institutional support programs for school districts.

Kemp HannonEducation Committee

Relates to the taking of fish for commercial purposes

Relates to the taking of fish for commercial purposes.

Kenneth P. LaValleEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Designates a portion of New York state route 7 as the Brigadier General James Kenney Memorial Highway

Designates that portion of New York state route 7 which constitutes the causeway over the Tomhannock Reservoir in the town of Pittstown in Rensselaer county, state of New York as the "Brigadier…

Roy J. McDonaldOn the Senate floor

Relates to the provision of municipal advanced life support first responder service or municipal ambulance service

Relates to the provision of municipal advanced life support first responder service or municipal ambulance service.

Betty LittleOn the Senate floor