Sen. Shelley Mayer
Sponsored bills
Relates to the purchase of zero-emission buses and the procurement of electric-powered buses, vehicles or other related equipment.
Requires the department of environmental conservation to authorize and encourage the use of nature-based solutions as the preferred alternative for stabilizing tidal shorelines in the state; provides such solutions should be considered when promulgating and implementing rules and regulations relating to such.
Requires the superintendent of financial services to make public any rate filing or application submitted by long term care insurance carriers; requires certain notices be provided to policyholders and certificate holders regarding premium rate increases; requires the superintendent ensure the proper standard for minimum ratio losses when establishing minimum benefit standards.
Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought.
Reduces the number of days for a state agency to register contracts with not-for-profit organizations to thirty; defines registered contract.
Establishes the commission of the deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing; requires the commission of the deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing to transmit complaints in matters affecting the deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing communities to the vulnerable persons' central register; repeals provisions relating to the New York state interagency coordinating council for services to persons who are deaf, deaf-blind, or hard of hearing.