Bills by

Ruth Hassell-Thompson

Senator

94 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →hassellt@senate.state.ny.us

2015-2016 session

Sponsored bills

94 bills. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.

Impact is how much a bill would change if enacted, from 1 (minimal) to 10 (transformational). Passage is our estimate of the chance it becomes law this session. How we score

S2188Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health
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 7/1/16 to 3/31/17, and by 20 million dollars annually thereafter for…
Ruth Hassell-ThompsonHealth Committee
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S2189Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to labor
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
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S2185Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

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

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S2178Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to labor

Enacts the "adjunct professors' unemployment insurance fairness act"

Enacts the "adjunct professors' unemployment insurance fairness act"; provides that an offer of employment or assignment made to a part-time faculty employee by a higher education institution which…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonLabor Committee

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S2151Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Relates to forensic DNA testing and to requests for certain DNA test comparisons

Establishes the minimum period of time that forensic samples should be retained by investigating authorities; creates the state commission for the integrity of the criminal justice system, as an…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

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S2096Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Relates to the definition of "direct relationship" for the purposes of article 23-A of the correction law regarding certain licensures and employment

Relates to the definition of "direct relationship" for the purposes of article 23-A of the correction law regarding licensures and employment of persons previously convicted of one or more criminal…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCrime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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S2095Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Creates minority and women-owned business enterprise regional advocates

Creates minority and women-owned business enterprise regional advocates; provides that the advocates will help ensure that municipal agencies comply with the provisions of law relating to minority…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

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S2094Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to domestic violence; repealer

Defines "victim of domestic violence"; prohibits employers from discriminating against victims of domestic violence.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2086Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health

Creates a public umbilical cord blood banking program

Creates a public umbilical cord blood banking program within the department of health to promote public awareness of the potential benefits of public cord banking, to promote research into the uses…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonHealth Committee

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S2041Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Authorizes a court to direct filing of non-family offense order of protection with the computerized registry for such orders and warrants

Authorizes a court issuing a non-family offense temporary order of protection or an order of protection to direct that such order be filed with the computerized registry for orders of protection and…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCodes Committee

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S2045Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to children and families

Prohibits public officials from releasing sealed juvenile police records

Prohibits public officials from releasing sealed juvenile police records; makes such official misconduct a class A misdemeanor.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonChildren And Families Committee

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S2046Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to children and families

Requires probation, investigation and diagnostic assessment of certain juvenile delinquents with discernible handicapping conditions prior to dispositional hearings

Provides that prior to a dispositional hearing the judge shall order a probation investigation and a diagnostic assessment of a juvenile delinquent whom the court reasonably finds, on the record, to…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonChildren And Families Committee

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S2048Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to higher education

Establishes certification procedures for the profession of nurse anesthesia

Establishes certification procedures for the profession of nurse anesthesia; provides for the issuance of a certification to practice as a certified registered nurse anesthetist upon the filing of…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonHigher Education Committee

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S2047Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Relates to the definition of qualified agencies

Relates to the definition of qualified agencies; adds public defenders, legal aid societies, and assigned counsel administrators.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

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S2043Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to insurance

Requires certain health insurance policies to include coverage for the cost of certain infant and baby formulas

Requires certain health insurance policies to include coverage for the cost of certain infant and baby formulas.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonInsurance Committee

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S2049Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Relates to standardizing penalties associated with marihuana possession

Relates to standardizing penalties associated with marihuana possession; makes unlawful possession of small amounts of marihuana a violation punishable by a fine.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCodes Committee

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S2040Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to commerce, economic development and small business

Mandates that every owner of a cabaret establishment, but which is not a restaurant shall install security cameras

Enacts "Imette's Law"; mandates that every owner of a cabaret establishment, but which is not a restaurant, shall install security cameras at every entrance and exit of such establishment.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCommerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

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S2032Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to consumer protection

Requires disclosure by principal creditors and debt collection agencies of the legal obligations of a deceased debtor's family and household members

Requires disclosure by principal creditors and debt collection agencies of the legal obligations of a deceased debtor's family; requires such disclosure be both verbal and written.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonConsumer Protection Committee

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S2038Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day

Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonJudiciary Committee

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S2039Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Establishes the commission on post-secondary correctional education

Establishes the commission on post-secondary correctional education to examine, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning the availability, effectiveness and need for expansion of post-secondary…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

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S2031Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Authorizes appointment of alternate rent guidelines board members in the city of New York, counties outside the city, towns, and villages

Provides for the appointment of three alternates on rent guideline boards; one alternate shall represent tenants, one shall represent owners of property and one shall be a public representative;…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S2033Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Requires state and municipal entities that collect demographic data on the ancestry or origins of state residents to utilize a separate collection and tabulation category

Requires state and municipal agencies, authorities, boards and commissions that collect demographic data as to the ancestry or origins of state residents to utilize a separate collection and…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

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S2035Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to housing, construction and community development

Requires landlords to check state sex offender registry when leasing to a new tenant or on notice of sublet, and to notify tenants with children of certain listings

Requires landlords to check the state sex offender registry when leasing to a new tenant, subtenant or adult occupant, and to notify tenants with children under age sixteen of any listing of such…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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S2037Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to civil service and pensions

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 police departments

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 police departments.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonCivil Service And Pensions Committee

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S2022Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Authorizes enrollment grants for medical education programs for minorities; appropriation

Authorizes enrollment grants for medical education programs of non-public institutions for minorities, as a plan to increase the number of minority students entering and completing educational…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

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S2028Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local government

Allows Westchester county to require bidders for public works, construction or purchase contracts to hire and retain persons residing in certain targeted communities

Allows Westchester county to require bidders for public works, construction or purchase contracts to hire and retain persons residing in certain targeted communities.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonLocal Government Committee

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S2027Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to investigations and government operations

Relates to domestic violence; repealer

Defines "victim of domestic violence"; prohibits employers from discriminating against victims of domestic violence.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2029Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to investigations and government operations

Requires employers to make a conditional offer of employment before inquiring about any criminal convictions of a prospective employee

Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices; requires employers to make a conditional offer of employment before inquiring about any criminal convictions of a prospective employee.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

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S2030Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to higher education

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

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S2023Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to elections

Relates to voting and registration for voting by convicted felons

Relates to voting and registration for voting by convicted felons; provides such convicted felons may vote if such person's maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired, or such person is serving a…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonElections Committee

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S2025Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

Provides additional tax exemptions for two qualified veterans living in the same household

Provides additional tax exemptions on qualifying residential real property where two or more qualified veterans live in the same household.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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S2021Senate· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to finance

Requires training regarding sexual assault for police officers and child protective services workers

Requires police officers to receive training instruction for crimes involving sexual assaults; requires training for child protective services workers in certain instances.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonFinance Committee

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S2026Senate· Moved Jun 10, 2015· Substituted by a6575

Provides for a deduction from personal gross income for expenses incurred in the adoption of a child in the foster care system

Provides for a deduction from personal gross income for expenses incurred in the adoption of a child in the foster care system.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonOn the Senate floor

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S4397Senate· Moved May 27, 2015· Substituted by a6569

Authorizes the city of Mount Vernon to offer certain retirement options to Christopher Grieco, Wendell Griffin, Patsy Leone and Jeremy Villanueva, police officers employed by such city

Authorizes the city of Mount Vernon to offer certain retirement options to Christopher Grieco, Wendell Griffin, Patsy Leone and Jeremy Villanueva, police officers employed by such city.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonOn the Senate floor

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