Sen. Jake Ashby
Sponsored bills
Requires the court to consider a child's health and safety when making a decision regarding child custody and visitation; directs the court to review certain information as it relates to allegations of child abuse, domestic violence and child safety; requires the court to appoint an attorney to represent the child when credible allegations of serious risk to the child's safety have been made.
Establishes the mothers and infants lasting change ("MILC") allowance to provide income to eligible participants for the last three months of pregnancy and the first 18 months of the child's life; excludes income received from the MILC allowance for purposes of supplemental nutrition assistance program eligibility.
Provides for paid family leave after a stillbirth.
Establishes the New York state volunteer first responder loan forgiveness incentive program for the purpose of attracting and retaining volunteer ambulance workers and volunteer firefighters in the state.
Removes limits on the duration of treatment by a licensed physical therapist when a patient does not have a referral.
Requires accessible buses to be available within a service area measuring three miles from any bus line of the authority or its subsidiaries.
Authorizes treatment of workers' compensation injuries by an occupational therapy assistant and a physical therapist assistant.
Establishes an intensive addiction recovery and mental health integrated services pilot program to support two three-year demonstration programs that provide intensive addiction and mental health integrated services to individuals with significant addiction and mental health issues who have had multiple and frequent treatment episodes.
Allows for the hunting of deer by individuals age sixty and older with a crossbow in a special archery season.