Asm. Phara Souffrant Forrest

Co-sponsor A 7163

In committee · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Provides for including uncles, aunts, nephews and nieces in the definition of "family member" in relation to regulations pertaining to rights of family members

Provides for including uncles, aunts, nephews, and nieces in the definition of "family member" in relation to regulations pertaining to rights of family members to succeed in certain cases to the rights of certain tenants.

In committee Jan 3, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor A 7465

In committee · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Preserves access to affordable drugs

Relates to preserving access to affordable drugs; provides that an agreement resolving or settling, on a final or interim basis, a patent infringement claim, in connection with the sale of a pharmaceutical product, shall be presumed to have anticompetitive effects if a nonreference drug filer receives anything of value from another company asserting patent infringement and if the nonreference drug filer agrees to limit or forego research, development, manufacturing, marketing, or sales of the nonreference drug filer's product for any period of time.

In committee Jan 3, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary A 7533

In committee · New York Assembly · Lead sponsor

Clarifies the definition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition of special populations

Clarifies the definition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition of special populations to include people with a mental health diagnosis, people on the office of mental health caseload, people with an intellectual, developmental or cognitive diagnosis, people with physical disability or mobility impairment, and people with a sensorial disability diagnosis.

In committee Jan 3, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary A 7567

In committee · New York Assembly · Lead sponsor

Relates to crimes committed during periods of post-release supervision

Provides that a person who commits a crime during a period of post-release supervision and when such charge culminates in a new sentence, the period of post-release supervision shall be deemed interrupted for any period in which such person was held in pre-trial detention.

In committee Jan 3, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor A 7525

In committee · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relates to annual professional performance reviews of teachers and principals; repealer

Relates to annual professional performance reviews of teachers and principals; establishes an optional system of annual professional performance review plans; repeals provisions relating to streamlined removal procedures for teachers rated ineffective.

In committee Jan 3, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor A 7853

In committee · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Establishes an emergency insulin program

Establishes an emergency insulin program and corresponding emergency insulin program trust fund to facilitate emergency access to analog insulins.

In committee Jan 3, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor A 7786

In committee · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Repeals the state Medicaid spending cap and related processes; repealer

Repeals the state Medicaid spending cap and related processes.

In committee Jan 3, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor A 7897

In committee · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Provides for establishment of the New York Health plan

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.

In committee Jan 3, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor A 7794

In committee · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relates to establishing the banking bill of rights

Relates to establishing the banking bill of rights; includes due process requirements regarding applications for or closure of credit and deposit accounts and penalties for noncompliance.

In committee Jan 3, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor A 7898

In committee · New York Assembly · Co-sponsor

Prohibits the use of certain chemical incapacitants by law enforcement agencies

Provides that no law enforcement agency shall use a chemical incapacitant except for pepper spray; defines terms.

In committee Jan 3, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track