Asm. Stacey Pheffer Amato

Maddy summaryThis bill updates the list of individuals and organizations authorized to request an extreme risk protection order, a legal tool used to temporarily remove firearms from people deemed a danger to themselves or others. It expands eligibility to include school administrators and their designated staff, such as teachers and counselors, as well as various mental health and medical professionals who have treated the subject within the last six months. Additionally, the law requires that applications filed by law enforcement agencies include specific details about any firearms the respondent owns or has access to. These changes aim to broaden who can initiate these protective orders while maintaining the existing requirement that applications be filed in the county where the respondent lives.

Relates to establishing a twenty year retirement plan for members or officers of law enforcement; includes 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, a police officer in the department of environmental conservation, the regional state park police, and university police officers in such twenty year plan.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires health insurance policies that cover prescription drugs to also cover prenatal vitamins when prescribed by a licensed healthcare provider. The law applies to standard medical insurance plans, medical expense indemnity corporations, and hospital service corporations. While the coverage is mandatory, insurers may still apply annual deductibles and coinsurance fees that are consistent with other benefits in the policy. The changes take effect on January 1st of the year following the bill's enactment.

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes military leave for all employees of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, regardless of whether they are represented by a labor union. It grants staff time off with full pay for up to thirty days in a year to perform military duties, attend service schools, or complete initial training, including coverage for travel to and from these events. The legislation ensures that taking this leave does not negatively impact an employee's career progression, benefits, or retirement contributions, while also providing specific provisions for those who served in combat zones.

Requires the public service commission to publish certain information prior to a major rate change by a public gas or electric utility including an explanation of why the rate change is requested and a summary of how the proposed revenue will be spent.

Provides for availability of ambulance services and advanced life support first response service to store and distribute blood and initiate and administer blood transfusions, by expanding current provisions for air transport to apply additionally to motor vehicle based ambulance services.

Enacts the "dialogue and decorum act" which establishes the crime of disruption or disturbance of a lawful assembly; makes such crime an unclassified misdemeanor.

Establishes the retail worker safety act requiring retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence; directs the department of labor to produce a model workplace violence prevention training program; requires employers to provide training on such programs; requires the installation of panic buttons at certain workplaces or wearable or mobile phone-based panic buttons to be provided.

Requires that applicants not be prohibited from taking competitive civil service exams if they will meet the minimum age requirement or attain the minimum education requirement within twelve months.

Provides that the state civil service department shall review and update the questions contained within the examination, as deemed appropriate by the department, no less than every five years.