Asm. David Weprin

Enacts the "construction laborer insurance protection act (CLIPA)"; requires every policy or contract of insurance issued to an owner, contractor or subcontractor performing the work of erection, demolition, repairing, altering, painting, or cleaning of a building, structure or edifice to provide coverage for bodily injury and death of workers.

Requires all banking organizations to have a notary public available during business hours; permits banking organizations to charge a fee for such service.

Requires certain information to be included in every pharmacy benefit manager's annual report to the superintendent such as the aggregated dollar amount of rebates, fees, price protection payments and any other payments the pharmacy benefit manager received from drug manufacturers through rebate contract, the amount of certain allocations, and information on rebate contracts.

Relates to mortgage guaranty insurance; allows for withdrawals from the contingency reserve if the superintendent determines that such withdrawals will not be harmful to policy holders.

Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits state-operated hospitals, university health care facilities, and cancer institutes from suing patients to collect unpaid medical bills. It directly affects patients who owe money for care at these state-run facilities, preventing hospitals from using court action to recover debts. The bill defines "medical debt" as any obligation for health care services, products, or devices provided by licensed hospitals, health professionals, or ambulance services. The law takes effect immediately upon enactment.

Maddy summaryThis bill amends New York's education law to remove the phrase "related to restoring and maintaining dental health" from the legal definition of dental practice. The change modifies Section 6601, which defines dentistry as diagnosing, treating, or prescribing for oral conditions, including fabricating dental appliances. The bill does not add new requirements or affect who can practice dentistry - it only adjusts the wording in the existing definition. This is a technical update to the statutory language governing dental practice.

Prohibits health care practitioners from performing a virginity examination or supervising the performance of a virginity examination on a patient; defines "virginity examination".

Requires the New York city department of education to create more gifted and talented programs and classes in all school districts with elementary kindergarten through fifth grade and intermediate sixth through eighth grade with four or more classes per grade for students who shall gain entry through academic merit rather than through an admissions examination; authorizes automatic admission to a gifted and talented program in intermediate sixth through eighth grade for those students in elementary grades kindergarten through fifth grade who are currently enrolled in such program; makes related provisions.

Excludes the five state-run veterans homes from assessments on their gross receipts received from all patient care services and other operating income; directs the Commissioner of Health to apply to the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services for any necessary waivers pursuant to federal law and regulation.

Enacts the "construction insurance transparency act" to require insurers providing coverage for liability under the scaffold law to report, on an annual basis, to the superintendent of financial services relating to its finances and claims paid thereunder.