Asm. Larinda Hooks

Provides that no state or local correctional facility shall deny entry to a person visiting such facility due to the fact that such person is menstruating or has a contraceptive device or appears on body scan imaging or alternative methods to have or be using a menstrual product or contraceptive device.

Enacts the empire state licensing act to provide all New Yorkers with access to professional, occupational, commercial, or business licenses, permits, certificates, or related registrations regardless of an applicant's citizenship or immigration status.

Establishes the "SNAP for students act" requiring the office of temporary and disability assistance to create informational materials to provide information regarding student eligibility for SNAP benefits and to provide digital versions of such materials to institutions of higher education in the state; requires institutions of higher education to notify students of their potential eligibility for SNAP benefits.

Adopts the psychology interjurisdictional compact to increase public access to psychological services by allowing telepsychological practice and temporary in-person services across state lines.

Establishes a task force to study and make recommendations on chronic absenteeism at public schools in the state of New York; establishes reporting requirements.

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes a legal framework for pet insurance in New York by defining specific terms and outlining requirements for insurance companies. It mandates that insurers clearly define concepts like preexisting conditions, waiting periods, and chronic illnesses within their policies and make these definitions easily accessible online. The legislation also requires companies to disclose important details such as claim payment formulas, exclusions, and whether premiums change based on a pet's age or location. Additionally, the bill grants consumers a 30-day "free look" period to review and return a policy without filing a claim for a full refund.

Enacts the "cannabis supply chain integrity and anti-inversion act"; prohibits any act or omission involving illicit cannabis; provides penalties for such cannabis inversion.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows New York City Police Department officers to count prior service as assistant district attorneys or examining attorneys for the NYC Commission to Combat Police Corruption toward their retirement benefits. It requires these officers to transfer their original contributions (plus 5% annual interest) from the NYC Employees Retirement System into the Police Pension Fund. The change applies only to service before joining the police force and automatically ends their membership in the Employees Retirement System upon transfer. This directly affects current or future NYPD officers with prior legal roles in NYC government.

Permits an eligible retirement system member to receive, in lieu of an ordinary death benefit, a death benefit such member would otherwise be entitled to receive provided such member is a state-paid judge or justice of the unified court system or a housing judge of the civil court of the city of New York.

Allows a bank, in the discretion of the comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance, to arrange for the redeposit of moneys, in whole or in part, through a deposit placement program.