Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton

Maddy summaryThis bill allows New York residents to request a special 9-8-8 license plate supporting the suicide prevention hotline. The plate would be issued upon payment of a $25 annual fee (in addition to standard registration), with $5,000 allocated to offset production costs after one year. It directly affects vehicle owners who choose to display this plate to raise awareness for mental health crisis support. The bill creates no new requirements but provides a voluntary option for residents to contribute to the 9-8-8 system through their vehicle registration.

Requires coverage for colorectal cancer early detection beginning at age thirty-five; adds coverage for colorectal cancer early detection as a required coverage for individual policies; requires notification of colorectal early detection coverage to be provided to insured individuals beginning at age thirty-five.

Allows current, active and retired military service members and reserve units of the state to qualify for distinctive license plates; allows the spouse to also qualify for such distinctive plates.

Prohibits a sex offender whose victim was a child and level 3 sex offenders from knowingly being within 1,000 feet of a facility where pre-kindergarten or kindergarten instruction is provided.

Maddy summaryS 2715 caps fines for unpaid E-ZPass tolls at the exact amount of the unpaid toll. It directly affects drivers who fail to pay tolls through the E-ZPass system. The bill adds a new law section stating that public authorities cannot issue fines exceeding the unpaid toll amount, preventing excessive penalties. This policy change simplifies enforcement by limiting fines to the toll value itself. (Procedural bill; 3 sentences)

Maddy summaryThis bill, known as the "Frank Tammaro Island Shores law," aims to prevent assisted living residences, retirement homes, and nursing homes from closing and subsequently operating as shelters for asylum seekers. It prohibits state agencies from granting approval or entering into contracts for facilities housing asylum seekers with operators who have announced their intent to close their existing long-term care residence. The bill defines an "asylum seeker" as an individual seeking temporary or permanent residence who has applied for asylum or is eligible, or is a refugee. This measure directly affects operators of these long-term care facilities and the process for establishing housing for asylum seekers.

Requires health insurance coverage for mammography by either mammogram and breast ultrasound or breast tomosynthesis for persons with heterogeneously dense or extremely dense breasts.

Relates to the use of electronic monitoring devices to monitor residents in assisted living residences and patients in nursing homes; requires consent from roommates to such electronic monitoring.

Authorizes the investigation of fraudulent activities with regard to individuals operating motor vehicles without insurance; increases the civil penalty for forging insurance documents; creates the crime of offering a false application for motor vehicle insurance or registration.

Requires certain public authorities to establish a cashless tolling amnesty program between August first, two thousand twenty-five and December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five for cashless tolls collected between April twenty-third, two thousand sixteen and June twenty-ninth, two thousand twenty-five.