Sen. Nathalia Fernández

Relates to increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women-owned business enterprises; requires quarterly reports from contracting agencies; addresses consequences if contracting agency fails to comply with reporting requirements; relates to certain performance and payment bond requirements.

Amends procedures required for the custodial interrogation of children to provide additional protections and for taking juveniles and sixteen and seventeen year olds into custody.

Requires certain retailers stock nicotine replacement therapy products; establishes procedures in how nicotine replacement therapy products may be sold.

Protects canids by requiring animals which could be coyotes or wolves be submitted for a genetic test to determine genetic makeup; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Prohibits the keeping of inventory, storage, warehouse, processing, packaging, shipping or distributing of flavored vapor products near where vapor or tobacco products are sold at retail or wholesale.

Requires that any billboard advertisement that promotes tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, vapor products, alcoholic beverages or gambling or sports wagering services shall be removed exactly upon the last day of the advertising contract for such billboard advertisement and replaced with a public service announcement about the health harms of the same product which was removed.

Prohibits any person, corporation, or advertising operator from displaying or maintaining a billboard advertisement that promotes the purchase, use or consumption of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, vapor products, alcoholic beverages or gambling or sports wagering services; defines terms; provides an exception for public health messaging sponsored by a government entity.

Provides for the creation of an ebony alert system to be activated on behalf of Black youth who are reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances, at risk, developmentally disabled, or cognitively impaired, or who have been abducted.

Defines affordability option D under the affordable neighborhoods for New Yorkers tax incentive to include an annual adjustment to reflect the percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers published by the United States department of labor.

Maddy summarySenate Bill S 4969 requires all general hospitals to establish policies and procedures for victims of firearm violence. Hospitals must develop plans for identifying, assessing, treating, and referring individuals with injuries from firearms, and provide training to their medical, clinical, and security personnel. Upon discharge, hospitals must inform victims about available psychiatric services related to firearm violence and coordinate these services if requested. The Commissioner of Health will provide a model policy for hospitals and identify psychiatric service organizations in their areas.