Asm. Deborah Glick

Requires all insurance policies and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for maternity patients and their newborns for hospital stays of at least 48 hours following childbirth by natural delivery and 96 hours following childbirth by caesarean section; provides such coverage for patients who are recipients of medicaid.

Maddy summaryThis bill significantly expands eligibility for judicial diversion programs, allowing individuals charged with a broader range of offenses to participate if they have a "qualifying diagnosis." This diagnosis includes serious mental disorders, other mental health disorders causing severe functional impairment, or substance use disorders. While most Class A felonies and Class B sexual offenses are generally excluded, the bill establishes a new "diversion part" in each county. It also redefines "treatment" within these programs to include evidence-based interventions outside of carceral settings.

Allows for treatment costing less than $1,500 to be done without prior approval, and more clearly defines the list of "pre-authorized procedures" as a floor on treatment as opposed to its current status as a ceiling; allows non-network providers of testing to be compensated at the provider network rate negotiated by the carrier.

Maddy summaryThis bill (A 1249) amends New York City's rent stabilization law to regulate when landlords can demolish buildings for redevelopment. It directly affects tenants in rent-stabilized housing who face potential displacement due to building demolition. Key provisions require landlords to prove a building is substandard, obtain building permits, and file demolition applications 90 days before lease expiration. Landlords must then offer tenants one of three options: relocation to comparable housing nearby with same/low rent plus a $5,000 stipend, relocation with a rent-difference stipend, or a calculated stipend based on a city chart.

Directs DEC to designate a representative for each environmental conservation region of the state to serve as the point of contact for municipalities to aid in the acquisition of resources and funding for water projects.

Imposes a highway use fee on outdoor advertising; establishes a New York state urban reforestation fund from fees imposed on outdoor advertising; makes provisions supporting urban forestry.

Relates to the menstrual product safety and research act and its creation of a research program to determine the risks posed from potential toxins in menstrual products.

Establishes a state SNAP minimum benefit program to provide a minimum amount of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits that is higher than the amount of federal SNAP benefits.

Provides that bi-weekly salary installment payments and allowances shall not be withheld for members of the state legislature if the governor has submitted certain legislation which is not necessary for the effective implementation of the appropriation bill or bills and legislative passage of the budget has not occurred prior to the first day of any fiscal year.

Requires a disclaimer to be included in any advertising for delivery services that advertise delivery within thirty minutes or less to say that delivery within such time is not guaranteed; prohibits delivery services from penalizing workers that fail to deliver within thirty minutes; requires disclosure to such workers that they are not required to deliver within thirty minutes.