Sen. John Liu

Maddy summaryThis bill makes permanent key provisions allowing nurse practitioners to diagnose illnesses and provide treatment within their specialty areas, working collaboratively with licensed physicians or other nurse practitioners. It requires written practice agreements and protocols for this collaboration, including specific rules for resolving disagreements about diagnosis or treatment. The law directly affects nurse practitioners and physicians who collaborate with them, ensuring consistent practice standards without temporary expiration. This updates prior temporary rules (set to expire in 2026) by making them permanent under New York's education law.

Prohibits state contracts with contractors who do not provide health insurance which covers supplemental breast cancer screenings; authorizes the comptroller to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations.

Establishes an LGBTQ+ youth and young adult suicide prevention task force; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.

Requires any public school located in a city with a population of one million or more to offer a remote learning option to all primary and secondary students when such public school is located in a county determined by the federal centers for disease control and prevention to have a substantial or high level of community transmission of any illness deemed by the federal centers for disease control and prevention to be an outbreak.

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.

Prohibits the use of aversive conditioning which includes any procedure which causes obvious signs of physical pain, including but not limited to hitting, pinching and electric shock; prohibits the use of any procedure or punishment which denies a vulnerable person reasonable sleep, shelter, bedding, bathroom facilities and any other aspect expected of a humane existence; defines terms.

Allows for unlicensed individuals to collect throat or nasopharyngeal swab specimens and to perform certain nursing tasks during a state disaster emergency.

Establishes the "New York public banking act"; authorizes municipal and other local governments to form and control public banks through the ownership of capital stock or other ownership interests, and to loan or grant public funds or lend public credit to such public banks for the public purposes of achieving cost savings, strengthening local economies, supporting community economic development, and addressing infrastructure and housing needs for localities.

Maddy summaryBill S 8214, the "Public Official Virtual Currency Regulation Act," aims to restrict virtual currency business activities for certain public officials and their families in New York. The bill defines "covered individuals" as the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Comptroller, Attorney General of New York, the U.S. President, and their immediate family members. It prohibits any person from engaging in defined "virtual currency business activities" in New York if the virtual currency is linked to a "covered interest" (like ownership of 5% or more, or compensation for promotion) of these officials or their families, or is otherwise related to them. Prohibited activities include transferring, storing, buying, selling, or converting virtual currency for others. Violations can lead to civil penalties ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 per day.

Requires the state comptroller and the comptroller of the city of New York to coordinate the scheduling and performance of audits of charter schools in the city of New York.