Sen. James Skoufis

Maddy summaryThis bill requires the state department to issue a photo ID card immediately when a court suspends a driver's license due to a driving while intoxicated (DWI) arrest. It directly affects people whose licenses are suspended for DWI-related offenses, ensuring they receive a valid photo ID card similar to standard non-driver IDs. The key provision mandates that the department must issue this card upon suspension, replacing the need for a separate application process. The law takes effect 90 days after enactment, with necessary rules to be implemented before that date.

Adds social security number, past home addresses, social media accounts, and online gamer information to the information required to be reported by a sex offender.

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.

Limits exemptions from immunization requirements by local governments and private entities to medical exemptions; repeals religious exemptions for certain post-secondary students.

Maddy summaryThis bill creates regulations for sharing mental health records of deceased patients in facilities operated by New York's Office of Mental Health. It allows family members, personal representatives, or healthcare providers involved in the patient's care to access records upon written request, while respecting any prior expressed wishes of the deceased. The regulations must align with federal privacy laws (HIPAA) and define "family member" for the purpose of record sharing. It directly affects families and healthcare providers seeking information about deceased patients in state mental health facilities.

Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits elected officials from collecting retirement benefits while serving in the same elective public office they retired from. It requires that if an official retires from an elected position and then is re-elected or takes a new term in that same office, their retirement allowance is suspended until they leave that position. The law applies to all current and future elected officials in New York State. Exceptions only apply if earnings from the office stay below specific limits, but the core rule is clear: dual receipt of salary and retirement benefits is not permitted.

Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act; requires the New York state teachers' retirement system to divest the retirement system of any stocks, securities, equities, assets, or other obligations of corporations or companies included on an exclusion list of coal producers and oil and gas producers.

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a new license allowing roadside farm markets in New York to sell beer, cider, and liquor for off-premises consumption. Qualifying markets must sell products from up to two licensed farms or breweries within 20 miles, maintain owner presence during sales, and follow strict storage rules when closed. The license costs $100 annually and prohibits tastings, applying only to markets primarily selling New York-grown agricultural products. It expands sales options for farm markets while maintaining existing alcohol regulations.

Relates to the content and procedure for certification by pharmacists of patients using medical cannabis; allows a pharmacist employed by a registered organization and responsible for supervising the dispensing of medical cannabis within a cannabis dispensing facility to recommend and certify patients upon consultation within such dispensing facility.

Relates to procedures relating to driving while ability impaired by drugs; defines impairment and intoxication; updates procedures for field testing of drivers suspected of being under the influence of drugs to include the use of oral/bodily fluid tests; provides that refusal to submit to such field tests is specified to be a traffic infraction; makes related provisions.