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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…

Kevin CahillGovernmental Operations Committee

Redefines "small group" for the purposes of sections 3231 and 4317 of the insurance law

Redefines "small group" for the purposes of certain provisions of sections 3231 and 4317 of the insurance law.

Kevin CahillInsurance Committee

Relates to the training of applicants, licensees, and servers of alcoholic beverages; repealer

Relates to the training of applicants, licensees, and servers of alcoholic beverages; repeals certain provisions and adds a new section of alcohol training awareness programs; includes required…

Kevin CahillEconomic Development Committee

Provides for the state to assume all costs of basic quality education; repealer

Makes provisions for the state to assume all costs of basic quality education and for the elimination of real property taxes for the support of education; requires board of regents to establish a…

Kevin CahillEducation Committee

Includes net economic impact as a factor to consider in awarding state procurement contracts

Includes net economic impact as a factor to consider in awarding state procurement contracts.

Kevin CahillGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to certain call centers

Relates to certain call centers; provides reporting requirements; prohibits retaliatory action by employers; provides remedies for violations.

Kevin CahillCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Establishes the qualified solar manufacturer facilities and operations credit

Establishes the qualified solar manufacturer facilities and operations credit for businesses which manufacture solar energy equipment.

Kevin CahillWays And Means Committee

Allows third party notification by insurance carriers in regard to long term care policies

Allows third party notification by insurance carriers in regard to long term care policies; further prohibits the inclusion of certain goods/services in the sale of insurance policies without…

Kevin CahillInsurance Committee

Relates to housing allowances under the World trade center memorial scholarships

Provides that housing allowances under the World trade center memorial scholarships shall not be decreased for off-campus housing unless a student resides with a relative.

Kevin CahillHigher Education Committee

Provides that no policy of group accident, group health or group accident and health shall impose copayments in excess of 20 percent of total reimbursement to the provider of care

Provides that no policy of group accident, group health or group accident and health shall impose co-payments in excess of twenty percent of total reimbursement to the provider of care.

Kevin CahillInsurance Committee

Establishes the payment of certain volunteer firefighter and volunteer ambulance worker death benefits shall be within ninety days of the filing of application to receive such death benefit

Establishes the payment of certain volunteer firefighter and volunteer ambulance worker death benefits shall be within ninety days of the filing of application to receive such death benefit.

Kevin CahillLocal Governments Committee

Directs telecommunication and cable corporations to provide call center service assistance from centers located within the state

Directs telecommunications and cable corporations to provide call center service assistance from centers located within the state and such corporations' service areas; includes a list of what…

Kevin CahillCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Authorizes superintendent of financial services to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to prohibit retroactive charge-backs of health insurance rates

Authorizes superintendent of financial services to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to prohibit retroactive charge-backs of health insurance rates.

Kevin CahillInsurance Committee

Authorizes the commissioner of education to design and implement a biennial contest to choose the official Empire state children's book

Authorizes the commissioner of education to design and implement a biennial contest to choose the official Empire state children's book.

Kevin CahillEducation Committee

Relates to the coverage of ostomy supplies in the child health plus program

Relates to the coverage of ostomy supplies in the child health plus program.

Kevin CahillHealth Committee

Provides a tax exemption for petroleum products that are purchased for heating purposes

Provides a tax exemption for petroleum products that are purchased for heating purposes.

Kevin CahillWays And Means Committee

Authorizes optometrists and ophthalmic dispensers to establish limited liability companies

Authorizes ophthalmologists, optometrists and ophthalmic dispensers to establish limited liability companies.

Kevin CahillHigher Education Committee

Enacts the "New York state YouthBuild act"; appropriation

Enacts the "New York state YouthBuild act"; sets program requirements; authorizes grants to eligible YouthBuild participants and establishes application requirements; makes an appropriation therefor.

Kevin CahillEducation Committee

Relates to leave for organ or bone marrow donation granted to state employees

Makes the provisions relating to leave for organ or bone marrow donation granted to state employees retroactive to August 29, 2001.

Kevin CahillLabor Committee

Relates to the monies of the spinal cord injury research trust fund

Relates to the monies of the spinal cord injury research trust fund; provides that 5.6% of monies collected by the mandatory surcharge imposed pursuant to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the…

Kevin CahillWays And Means Committee

Authorizes the Ulster county sheriff to serve as an additional firearms licensing officer

Authorizes the Ulster county sheriff to serve as an additional firearms licensing officer.

Kevin CahillCodes Committee

Dissolves the West Park union free school district, in the town of Esopus and county of Ulster; repealer

Dissolves the West Park union free school district, in the town of Esopus in the county of Ulster; provides for the payment of the debts and obligations of such school district.

Kevin CahillEducation Committee

Requires telephone service providers to furnish a toll-free consumer service number for consumers offered unsolicited services

Requires any telephone service provider to furnish a toll-free consumer service number for consumers offered or provided unsolicited telephone services without a charge for a specified period of use…

Kevin CahillConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

Provides for a personal income tax deduction for expenses incurred for services rendered pursuant to an individual plan for employment certified by a rehabilitation counselor

Provides for a personal income tax deduction for expenses paid or incurred for services rendered pursuant to an individual plan for employment prepared by the office of vocational rehabilitation or…

Kevin CahillWays And Means Committee

Provides for a task force and demonstration program on teleworking to study the benefits and other impacts thereof

Enacts the Telework 2015 Act; provides for a task force and demonstration program on teleworking to study the benefits and other impacts thereof; provides that the task force shall consist of…

Kevin CahillLabor Committee

Creates the Pennies for Parks program providing funds for capital expenditures at state parks and historic sites; imposes fee on single use carryout bags

Creates the "Pennies for parks" program providing funds for capital expenditures at state parks and historic sites; imposes fee of five cents on single use carryout bags; establishes the pennies for…

Kevin CahillTourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development Committee

Authorizes the commissioner of labor to promulgate any rules and regulations governing the A-weighted sound level of the operations of coin and paper counting devices

Authorizes the commissioner of labor to promulgate any rules and regulations governing A-weighted sound level of the operations of coin and paper counting devices that such commissioner finds…

Kevin CahillLabor Committee

Amending the insurance law by expanding the categories of policies classified as blanket accident policies

Expands the categories of policies classified as blanket accident policies.

Kevin CahillVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to satisfactory signatures on applications to provide certain courses, programs of instruction, or seminars

Relates to satisfactory signatures on applications to provide certain courses, programs of instruction or seminars.

Kevin CahillVetoed

Vetoed

Extends provisions of law relating to a health savings account pilot program

Extends provisions of law relating to a health savings account pilot program.

Kevin CahillSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides for the expedited utilization review of court ordered mental health and/or substance use disorder services

Provides for the expedited utilization review of court ordered mental health and/or substance use disorder services.

Kevin CahillSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Exempts brewers who produce less than 60,000 barrels of beer a year from the requirement to file annual information returns with the department of taxation and finance

Exempts brewers who produce less than 60,000 barrels of beer a year from the requirement to file annual information returns with the department of taxation and finance.

Kevin CahillSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Creates the Starr public library district and provides for the means for construction and financing of facilities for the district

Creates the Starr public library district and provides for the means for construction and financing of facilities for the district.

Kevin CahillVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to permitting insurance brokers to engage in certain activities in New York with respect to multi-national entities

Relates to permitting insurance brokers to engage in certain activities in New York; permits brokers to act as agent for an insurer or health maintenance organization which is not licensed or…

Kevin CahillSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the New York state scenic byways system

Relates to the New York state scenic byways system.

Kevin CahillOn the Assembly floor

Creates the Hudson River pilots surcharge board

Creates the Hudson River pilots surcharge board; provides that the board shall determine the rate of surcharge to be applied and benefits provided to Hudson River pilots.

Kevin CahillOn the Assembly floor

Exempts certain utility and other workers from state and local traveling bans during declared emergencies

Exempts certain utility workers from state and local traveling bans during declared emergencies.

Kevin CahillOn the Assembly floor

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim June 21-27, 2015, as Family Physicians Week in the State of New York

Kevin CahillAdopted

Adopted

Honoring Dr. Maung S. Htoo for his great achievements in the field of academia

Kevin CahillAdopted

Adopted

Provides a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises

Relates to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises in the city of Kingston in the county of Ulster.

Kevin CahillOn the Assembly floor

Relates to catastrophic or reinsurance coverage issued to certain small groups

Relates to catastrophic or reinsurance coverage issued to certain small groups covering between fifty-one and one hundred employees or members of the group.

Kevin CahillStricken

Authorizes the town board of Marbletown to hold meetings in the town of Rosendale and the town justice court of Marbletown to hold justice court in the town of Rosendale

Authorizes the town board of Marbletown to hold meetings in the town of Rosendale and the town justice court of Marbletown to hold justice court in the town of Rosendale.

Kevin CahillOn the Assembly floor

Commemorating the 35th Anniversary of Mohonk Consultations, Inc.

Kevin CahillAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Kingston High School

Kevin CahillAdopted

Adopted

Commending David Wilhelm in recognition of his heroic action in rescuing eight passengers trapped in a van following a motor vehicle accident

Kevin CahillAdopted

Adopted