Asm. Carrie Woerner

Maddy summaryThis bill amends New York's financial services law to explicitly include ambulance services to an emergency room as part of "emergency services" for surprise billing protections. It requires health insurance plans to cover non-participating ambulance providers' emergency services (including ambulance rides to the ER) without charging patients more out-of-pocket than they would with a participating provider. The law prohibits ambulance providers from billing patients for costs beyond standard copays, coinsurance, or deductibles. It also extends these protections to mobile crisis intervention services provided by licensed mental health or addiction services providers.

Maddy summaryThis bill modifies procedures for gaming commission decisions regarding racetrack licenses. It requires the commission to hold a hearing within 10 days if a license is denied, revoked, or a licensee is ejected, allowing the licensee to continue participating during the process. The racetrack must prove the licensee's presence harms racing operations or event order. The commission must issue a written decision within 30 days after the hearing.

Establishes a program for specific individuals to become complex care assistants and provide private duty nursing services to certain Medicaid enrollees.

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes a voluntary certification program for recovery community centers in New York. It requires the state commissioner to create evidence-based regulations covering staffing, safety, participant rights, referrals to support services, and administrative policies. Certified centers will be listed on a state website as verified options for individuals seeking recovery support, and the commissioner can inspect centers or revoke certification for noncompliance. The bill also directs the commissioner to work with the health department to ensure these services become reimbursable through state Medicaid.

Maddy summaryThis bill amends New York's election law to establish rules for designating polling places. It prohibits public school buildings from being used as polling locations (including for "early voting" as referenced in the text) and requires election boards to prioritize public buildings when selecting sites. The bill also allows religious organizations to host polling places without requiring Saturday voter registration if it conflicts with their religious practices, and mandates accessible spaces for disabled voters in designated locations. These changes affect local election boards, municipalities, and polling place operators by standardizing site selection and accessibility requirements.

Establishes alternative twenty and twenty-five year plans for every non-seasonally appointed sworn member or officer of the division of law enforcement in the department of environmental conservation, a forest ranger in the service of the department of environmental conservation, which shall mean a person who serves on a full-time basis in the title of forest ranger I, forest ranger II, forest ranger III, assistant superintendent of forest fire control, or any successor titles or new titles in the forest ranger title series in the department of environmental conservation, a police officer in the department of environmental conservation, the regional state park police, and university of police officers whose date of membership is prior to January first, two thousand ten.

Waives the registration fee and service charge for distinctive plates for volunteer firefighters and members of volunteer ambulance services where the applicant has attended twenty-five percent or more of the emergency calls for the previous year.

Provides that upon motion and after an opportunity to be heard, a court may order the defendant in a family offense proceeding to turn control of a connected device over to a family or household member or, if that is not possible, to have such connected device disabled by the manufacturer.

Provides that the additional vendor fee for a vendor track located within Oneida county within fifteen miles of a Native American class III gaming facility shall not be forfeited if the track does not maintain the ninety percent full-time equivalent employee requirement.

Requires high schools in grades nine through twelve to provide a course in financial literacy; requires students to complete such course as a condition of graduation.