Declares Asian Lunar New Year a public holiday.
Asm. William Colton
Sponsored bills
Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents; provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and duties of the board of trustees, the scope of benefits, payment methodologies and care coordination; establishes the New York Health Trust Fund which would hold monies from a variety of sources to be used solely to finance the plan; enacts provisions relating to financing of New York Health, including a payroll assessment, similar to the Medicare tax; establishes a temporary commission on implementation of the plan; provides for collective negotiations by health care providers with New York Health.
Relates to the creation of a research program to determine the risks posed from chemicals in personal care products or feminine hygiene products.
Permits a redetermination of a tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by senior citizens or persons with disabilities upon a permanent decrease in income.
Expands felony sex offenses to include promoting prostitution in the second degree, promoting prostitution in the first degree, compelling prostitution, sex trafficking, and sex trafficking of a child.
Provides for the transfer of the regional state park police to the division of state police.
Provides for a formal process for a parent or legal guardian to request the issuance of an AMBER alert.
Allows veterans of the armed forces of the United States to fish for free in state parks under the jurisdiction of a state agency.
Relates to establishing goals for participation by individuals with disabilities with respect to state employment, state contracts, legislative employment and judicial employment; establishes a goal of seven percent employment of individuals with disabilities within state agencies, the state legislature, unified court system and state contractors and subcontractors; defines terms.
Enacts the "Trevyan Rowe child and young teen mental health community safety act"; directs boards of education to create policies, procedures, and guidelines for at-risk children and young teens who have demonstrated suicidal ideation, been victims of harassment or bullying, and/or who have eloped from school property; establishes a commission to evaluate the safety and security of children in primary and secondary public and private schools in this state.