Asm. Amy Paulin

Maddy summaryThis bill amends New York's insurance law to require health insurance directories to display two specific details about providers: whether they accept new patients and their nearest appointment availability. It mandates that insurers provide this information through a system allowing patients or their representatives to schedule appointments directly via the directory. The change would affect health insurance companies (which must update their directories) and patients (who gain clearer access to provider availability). The law would take effect 90 days after enactment, but it is currently pending in the Insurance Committee.

Enacts the accelerate solar for affordable power (ASAP) act to set a new target for distributed solar energy capacity and direct the public service commission to advance reforms to the utility interconnection process to ensure timely and cost-effective integration of new distributed energy resources.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires New York's State Office for the Aging to create and publish a "Guide to Actions When Someone Close Dies" within one year. The guide will provide practical, plain-language information covering economic security (like pensions, insurance, and tax implications), legal steps (death certificates, wills), grief support resources, and funeral/burial options with regional cost details. It directly affects New Yorkers experiencing the loss of a loved one, particularly older adults and their families navigating these complex transitions. The Office may consult with funeral directors, mental health professionals, attorneys, and tax experts to develop the guide.

Authorizes the performance of certain dental hygiene services at voluntary foster care agency health facilities by a registered hygienist operating pursuant to a collaborative agreement between such hygienist and a dentist.

Provides guidance to certain staff accepting registrations, issuing licenses or conducting inspections of child day care homes, programs or facilities on the identification of circumstances that may indicate the presence of controlled substances and referrals to law enforcement.

Maddy summaryThis bill bans the use of infant walkers in all licensed child care facilities in New York, including day care centers and programs regulated under state or New York City health codes. It prohibits facilities from having infant walkers on their premises, replacing a prior law that only restricted sales. The law requires the Office of Children and Family Services to notify facilities about the ban in plain language, starting on the effective date. This directly affects child care providers operating under New York's social services and health regulations.

Relates to requirements regarding employers including opioid antagonists where first aid kits are required by federal law; amends the effectiveness thereof.

Directs the division of housing and community renewal shall conduct a study on the demographics of tenants living in rent-stabilized apartments in Nassau, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, and in the City of Kingston; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Establishes the managed long term care high acuity stabilization pool to support managed long term care plans that demonstrate high performance on quality measures established by the department and serve a disproportionately high share of members with complex long term care needs or high service utilization.

Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position if the person designated or nominated has received a diagnosis of a serious health condition or has resigned the office for which they are nominated or designated to run for re-election.