Sen. Alessandra Biaggi

Co-sponsor S 1572

In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Relates to coverage for health care services under the basic health program for individuals whose immigration status renders him or her ineligible for federal financial participation

Provides eligibility for services under the basic health program for individuals whose immigration status renders him or her ineligible for federal financial participation and who meet additional requirements.

In committee Feb 1, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor S 5374

In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Relates to fair pay for home care aides

Enacts provisions to provide minimum wages for home care aides; requires at least 150% of minimum wage or other set minimum; directs the commissioner of health to set regional minimum rates of reimbursement for home care aides under medicaid and managed care plans.

In committee Feb 1, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor S 4461

In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Enacts The New Deal for CUNY

Enacts The New Deal for CUNY; increases the ratio of faculty and mental health counselors to full-time students; requires that certain amounts of tuition be replaced by federal, state, and city funds.

In committee Jan 28, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor S 3430

In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Requires public officers and bodies to provide interpreters and assistive listening devices for the hearing impaired at public hearings under certain conditions

Requires public officers and public bodies to make proactive efforts to provide qualified interpreters at no charge for the hearing impaired at public meetings and hearings upon written request to the public officer responsible for the siting of such hearing; requires installation and use of assistive listening devices.

In committee Jan 25, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor S 6791

Passed · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Relates to employer contributions to the unemployment insurance fund and the unemployment insurance maximum benefit rate

Specifies contribution rates for employers to the unemployment insurance fund in the 2022 and 2023 fiscal years, regardless of what the current actual size of the fund index is; sets the unemployment insurance maximum benefit rate.

Passed Jan 25, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary S 7724

Signed into law · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Relates to reverse cooperative apartment unit loans for persons sixty-two years of age or older

Relates to authorizing reverse cooperative apartment unit loans for persons sixty-two years of age or older; provides additional consumer protections.

Signed into law Jan 24, 2022 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor S 359

In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Requires the provision of care to persons requiring twenty-four hours of care take the form of non-sequential split shifts of twelve hours each

Requires the provision of care to persons requiring twenty-four hours of care take the form of non-sequential split shifts of twelve hours each.

In committee Jan 24, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary S 7565

Signed into law · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Provides for absentee voting in village elections and extends provisions relating to absentee voting

Permits voting by absentee ballot where there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease that may cause illness to the voter or to other members of the public.

Signed into law Jan 21, 2022 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor S 7873

In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Establishes the "earned time act"

Establishes the "earned time act" providing for time allowances against the term or maximum term of sentences imposed by the court to be credited on an annual pro rata basis.

In committee Jan 21, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary J 1699

Passed · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 2022, as Heart Disease Awareness Month in the State of New York

Passed Jan 19, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track