Requires video communication devices for patients or residents in nursing homes, hospitals or facilities providing health related services when visitor access is limited; requires that as part of a disaster preparedness plan that nursing homes, adult homes, enriched housing programs, and assisted living facilities provide video communication devices to patients for use when visitor access is limited, including, but not limited to during a designated state of emergency or a state disaster emergency.
Asm. Linda Rosenthal
Sponsored bills
Removes the eight year expiration for judgments entered by the New York City environmental control board.
Enacts CJ's Law--oil and gas drilling workplace safety act; requires the enactment of rules and regulations for enhanced workplace safety and employee training for all oil and gas drilling operations in the state; provides that new permit holders should utilize union laborers or laborers with specific training; provides that employers shall report workplace accidents and the commissioner of the department of labor must publish a quarterly report on workplace accidents.
Requires alternating high and low, two-toned signal devices on emergency services vehicles in New York city.
Relates to establishing unlawful discriminatory practices relating to models; requires models to be informed of what constitutes an unlawful discriminatory practice and how to file a complaint; requires modeling entities to provide adult models with educational materials regarding nutrition and eating disorders.
Requires that a city with a population of one million or more shall provide at least one curbside composting collection site for every five thousand people with bi-weekly collection days.
Provides for the deduction of student loan interest from federal adjusted gross income.
Establishes patient safety and quality assurance measures regarding the distribution of patient-specific medication from an insurer-designated pharmacy; prohibits certain "brown bagging" and "white bagging" policies regarding pharmacy provided medications.
Prohibits any lessor or agent of a lessor from reporting to any consumer reporting agency, and prohibits consumer reporting agencies from maintaining such information.
Amends certain definitions relating to tobacco products; changes the minimum pack sizes for tobacco products and the tax amount for tobacco products.