Prohibits participation in torture and improper treatment of incarcerated individuals by health care professionals; prohibits a health care professional from engaging, assisting or planning the torture or improper treatment of an incarcerated individual; requires health care professionals to report torture and improper treatment.
Asm. Jessica González-Rojas
Sponsored bills
Allows members of a public body who cannot physically attend a meeting due to a disability to be counted as present for quorum purposes at meetings attended remotely.
Provides for a priority call system for use in connection with emergency disconnections of utilities, service coverage and oversight of response time in connection with the emergency disconnection of utilities.
Requires daycare facilities to maintain evacuation and lockdown plans for children with disabilities during an emergency situation.
Provides a tax credit for the installation of fire sprinkler systems.
Provides that in any jurisdiction in which a party is eligible under local law for free legal counsel, if such party has in good faith attempted to secure such counsel and is unable to obtain counsel through no fault of their own, the court shall adjourn the trial of the issue for consecutive periods of not less than fourteen days each until the party is able to secure counsel.
Prohibits the sale of single-use plastic water bottles that hold twenty-one ounces of water or less in port authority facilities in New York; requires such facilities install water fountains within one year.
Creates a "purple alert system" for missing victims of domestic violence.
Provides for the employment of mental health professionals by school districts.
Provides a tax exemption for certain volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers in Westchester county.