Provides for coverage of a one hundred twenty-day supply of a prescription without prior authorization during a state disaster emergency, and requires pharmacies to dispense such one hundred twenty-day supplies of prescriptions at no cost to a patient in the event such patient's insurance denies coverage due to lack of prior authorization.
Sponsored bills
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.
Relates to prohibiting police officers from carrying or using a firearm during any phase of the officer's official duties unless the officer has satisfactorily completed a course of training that meets or exceeds the minimum standards established by the municipal police training council.
Requires public elementary and high schools to provide instruction in Asian American history and civic impact.
Requires the chief administrator of the office of court administration to establish a searchable public database providing information regarding eviction proceedings in the state; directs the chief administrator to adopt rules directing village, town or other local courts to report their eviction proceeding data to the office of court administration.
Relates to the operation of bicycles at stop signs and traffic-control signals.
Relates to the rights of parties involved in foreclosure actions; allows the mortgagee, or mortgagor and borrower to recover attorney fees; makes conforming technical changes.
Expands eligibility for the New York state excelsior scholarship award to certain applicants enrolled on a part-time basis or in a BOCES or other approved vocational program; provides criteria for eligibility, and limits on amounts and durations for any such awards.
Authorizes courts to hold evidentiary hearings for a temporary order of protection in certain circumstances and grants superior court judges the authority to issue a temporary order of protection when an action is pending in a local criminal court in certain circumstances.
Provides immunity from prosecution for certain individuals engaged in prostitution who are victims of or witnesses to a crime and who report such crime or assist in the investigation or prosecution.