Asm. John McDonald

Co-sponsor A 5735

Vetoed · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relates to enacting the SIGH act to prohibit the construction of new schools near a major roadway

Enacts the "schools impacted by gross highways (SIGH) act"; prohibits the commissioner of education from approving the plans for the erection of any new schoolhouse within five hundred feet of a controlled-access highway unless the commissioner of education determines that space limitations are so severe that there is no other site to erect such new schoolhouse.

Vetoed Dec 23, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor A 431

Vetoed · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relates to establishing restrictions on the sale of over-the-counter diet pills and dietary supplements for weight loss or muscle building

Relates to establishing restrictions on the sale of over-the-counter diet pills and dietary supplements for weight loss or muscle building; prohibits the sale of over-the-counter diet pills or dietary supplements for weight loss or muscle building to people under 18 unless properly prescribed by a health care provider; exempts certain protein powders, protein drinks and foods.

Vetoed Dec 23, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor A 2085

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Requires providers of health care policies to provide coverage for colorectal cancer early detection

Requires certain providers of health care policies to provide coverage for colorectal cancer early detection in accordance with the American cancer society guidelines; requires the insurance carriers to notify enrollees of such coverage and screening guidelines via mail.

Signed into law Dec 23, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor A 3904

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relates to critical energy infrastructure security and responsibility

Relates to critical energy infrastructure security and responsibility; relates to the protection of critical infrastructure in the state.

Signed into law Dec 23, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor A 5390

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relates to setting a conservation goal for the state

Relates to setting a conservation goal for the state and including an effort to combat the biodiversity and climate crises in the state's land acquisition policy.

Signed into law Dec 23, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor A 1741

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relates to calculating an insured individual's overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or any cost-sharing requirement

Requires any third-party payments, financial assistance, discount, voucher or other price reduction instrument for out-of-pocket expenses made on behalf of an insured individual for the cost of prescription drugs to be applied to the insured's deductible, copayment, coinsurance, out-of-pocket maximum, or any other cost-sharing requirement when calculating such insured individual's overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or any cost-sharing requirement.

Signed into law Dec 23, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor A 7919

Signed into law · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relates to enacting the New York state buy American salt act

Enacts the New York state buy American salt act to ensure all rock salt, or sodium chloride, used or supplied in the performance of a government contract or any subcontract thereto within the state shall be mined or hand harvested in the United States.

Signed into law Dec 22, 2022 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor A 1171

Passed · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Requires blanket health insurance policies to provide coverage for outpatient treatment by mental health practitioners; repealer

Requires blanket health insurance policies to provide coverage for outpatient treatment by mental health practitioners (mental health counsellors, marriage and family therapists, creative arts therapists and psychoanalysts) licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law.

Passed Dec 19, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor A 9882

Vetoed · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relates to the secure choice savings program and participating individuals

Relates to the secure choice savings program and participating individuals.

Vetoed Dec 16, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary A 8386

Passed · New York Assembly · Lead sponsor

Relates to the construction of facilities for chemical dependence services that promote the privacy of individuals

Relates to the construction of facilities for chemical dependence services that promote the privacy of individuals while bathing, sleeping, using restrooms and receiving individual counseling services, while also allowing for maximization of the use of such facility.

Passed Dec 16, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track