Establishes a cause of action for medical monitoring for a person with or without a present injury or disease; establishes a statute of limitation for such cause of action.
Prohibits money judgments arising from non-payment of facility items and services by a patient or patient guarantor that is brought by a facility; prohibits the enforcement of arbitration agreements or clauses with respect to non-payment of facility items and services by a patient or patient guarantor; relates to the collection of medical debt; requires transparency in hospital pricing.
Allows an unrepresented party to transmit legal filings in eviction proceedings electronically; eliminates certain verification or notarization requirements.
Maddy summaryBill S 7465 proposes a change in terminology across the state's vehicle and traffic law. It replaces every instance of the word "accident" with the word "crash." This linguistic update affects various sections, including definitions for car carriers, commercial towing, and emergency vehicle operations, as well as how official documents like crash reports are referenced. The bill aims to standardize the language used to describe vehicle incidents within relevant statutes.
Maddy summaryBill S 7464 proposes to repeal section 260.15 of the penal law. This section currently outlines specific affirmative defenses available to individuals charged with endangering the welfare of a child. If enacted, the bill would eliminate these particular defenses, meaning a person accused of this crime could no longer use them in court to justify their actions or avoid conviction.
Relates to social media open application programming; requires social media platforms to implement and maintain a standards-based application programming interface that permits third-party applications to retrieve data at no cost to be used for the user's benefit and to provide certain information to users; requires social media companies to submit a report to the attorney general.
Maddy summaryBill S 7470 requires health insurers and plans to grant automatic preauthorization approvals to eligible health care professionals for specific services. A health care professional qualifies for this if an insurer has approved at least 90% of their preauthorization requests for that particular service during the most recent six-month evaluation period. Once a professional has automatic approval, the corresponding health care service is deemed medically necessary, and the insurer must promptly pay the full claim without denial, reduction, or retroactive recoupment. Insurers are required to conduct initial and annual evaluations to determine eligibility for these automatic approvals.
Requires school districts to conduct mandatory early screening for dyslexia for all children commencing in pre-kindergarten or kindergarten and continuing thereafter on an annual basis until each child successfully completes second grade; requires school districts to designate an individual to maintain complete and accurate records containing early screening reports for each child, and to provide resources and materials to the parent and/or guardian of any child who displays indications of dyslexia.
Maddy summarySenate Bill S 7433 aims to prohibit employers in New York from requiring employees or job applicants to give up certain legal rights as a condition of getting or keeping a job. Specifically, employers cannot demand that individuals waive, arbitrate, or reduce any existing or future claims, rights, or benefits they are entitled to under New York state or federal law. This measure applies to all employers and their employees or job seekers. However, it does not affect agreements made through collective bargaining with a labor union.
Maddy summaryBill S 7439 proposes to waive the biennial registration fee for attorneys licensed in New York State who are employed in a public service job. This bill directly affects New York attorneys working in qualifying public service roles by exempting them from the $375 fee. It amends the judiciary law to allow these attorneys to certify their public service employment to the chief administrator of the courts to receive the waiver.
